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Second Garrotte, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Groveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95321. It stands on Second Garrotte Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Groveland quadrangle.

Second Garrotte within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1893 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Second Garrotte, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Second Garrotte, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

325 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Second Garrotte between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,410 acres in total. 23 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/undetermined114
Debris and open burning67
Equipment and vehicle use54
Arson/incendiarism29
Natural23
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDONKEY
9 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPML AIRPORT GROVELAND
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 134
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 26
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#26
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictPROVOST
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictRAILROAD
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPRIEST #3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 122 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 122 workings within 5 miles of Second Garrotte: 44 occurrences, 42 past producers, 13 producers, 13 unknowns. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Manganese. 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
Ashley PropertyAsbestosProspect
Big Oak Flat No. 1Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Duleek MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
La GuriaGold, Lead, Copper, SilverProspect
Pine Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Reported OccuranceGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Reported OccurenceCopperOccurrence
UnidentifiedSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
GroupGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Groveland-Moccasin-JacksonvilleGold, SilverProducer

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
Groveland2.1 miles30
Big Oak Flat3.2 miles28
Priest4.1 miles28
Moccasin5.5 miles28
Buchanan6.2 miles29
Colfax Spring9.0 miles29
Tuolumne9.6 miles29
Buckhorn Estates9.7 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659621. 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.