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Saratoga Springs, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Upper Lake-Nice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95485. It stands on Dayle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Upper Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,427 feet above sea level.

Saratoga Springs within Lake County

Then and now

1938 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Saratoga Springs, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Saratoga Springs, surveyed 1938

Compare 1938 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

160 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Saratoga Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,320 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 29 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Equipment and vehicle use33
Arson/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning17
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural4
Firearms and explosives use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionELK MOUNTAIN RD / WHITE R
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictHWY 20
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPOINT # 2
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSARATOGA
7 September 2012Recreation and ceremony4,416 acresCentral California DistrictSCOTTS
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKELLY
3 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use87 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSARATOGA
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unit20, WHITE2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Saratoga Springs: 7 occurrences, 6 producers, 3 past producers, 2 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
PhillipsManganese, SilicaPast Producer1917, 1918
RattlesnakeIronOccurrence
UnknownGold, SilverOccurrence
PoeCopperOccurrenceVein
PoeCopperUnknown
Lowdermilk Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Middle Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Middle Creek Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Middle Creek TerraceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
PhillipsManganeseProducer

Every working recorded in Lake County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Witter Springs (historical)1.3 miles21
Cooper3.3 miles14
Upper Lake3.8 miles21
Vann5.5 miles17
Nice7.9 miles21
Rose Place8.7 miles22
Howard Mill (historical)9.2 miles17
Lakeport9.8 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Saratoga SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7423373The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659793. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.