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Scottsville, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95642. It lies near Tunnel Hill. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.

Scottsville within Amador County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Scottsville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Scottsville, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 29 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

316 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Scottsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72,706 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined100
Equipment and vehicle use98
Debris and open burning54
Arson/incendiarism24
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Natural9
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined70,868 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBUTTE
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPARDEE
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitPINE
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral California DistrictBLAKELY
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSUNSET
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSUNSET
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitCLINTON
5 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral California DistrictLAFAYETTE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 380 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 380 workings within 5 miles of Scottsville: 133 occurrences, 101 past producers, 59 unknowns, 58 prospects. 29 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Allen RanchGold, PGE, SilverPast Producer
AnitaGold, Copper, IronPast ProducerGold, Iron
Ayers, CharlersStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel
Central EurekaGold, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Lead, CopperProducer1855
DepositsLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
DigitalliCobalt, Copper, ManganeseOccurrenceVein
DigitalliManganeseUnknown
Ellis PropertyChromium, IronProspect
G. J. AlexanderStone, DimensionOccurrence
Johnson RanchCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceUnderground

Every working recorded in Amador 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
Jackson1.4 miles29
Bonnefoy1.8 miles29
Milligan District (historical)3.1 miles29
Martell3.1 miles29
Sutter Hill3.9 miles30
Electra4.5 miles29
Sutter Creek4.7 miles30
Clinton5.4 miles28

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.

Wikidata item Q7438199The 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 1659616. 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.