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Sharon Valley, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Yuba Foothills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95919. It stands on Costa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Challenge quadrangle. It stands 2,274 feet above sea level.

Sharon Valley within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sharon Valley, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Sharon Valley, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

245 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Sharon Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 502 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined97
Debris and open burning51
Equipment and vehicle use37
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural12
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes2
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 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreButte UnitMERCY
8 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFRENCHTOWN RD / WILLOW GL
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestDIGGER
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFORBESTOWN
4 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitREED
3 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGREEN
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictSHEILA
3 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestPIKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 114 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 114 workings within 5 miles of Sharon Valley: 38 past producers, 38 occurrences, 32 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Iron. 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
Butte Co Pine and Hardwood CoAsbestosUnknown
Carlisle MineGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Forbestown Consolidated Gold MinesGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Gold Bank Consolidated QuartzGold, Silver, CopperProducer
Gold Bank Consolidated QuartzGold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Horse ShoeGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast ProducerVein
HorseshoeGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
New York Flat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
P.U.P.MineChromium, IronPast Producer1915
Arbucco ProspectsClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
Challenge1.3 miles29
Brownsville1.3 miles26
New York Flat (historical)1.9 miles26
Lasslys (historical)2.7 miles29
Mount Hope House (historical)2.9 miles29
Woodleaf3.8 miles29
Greenville4.8 miles29
Rackerby5.8 miles26

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 Q7490252The 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 1656287. 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.