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Silongkoyo, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Quincy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95971. It lies near Boyle Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Quincy quadrangle. It stands 3,435 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Silongkoyo within Plumas County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Silongkoyo (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Silongkoyo (historical), surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

278 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Silongkoyo (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,087 acres in total. 71 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined74
Natural71
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use26
Recreation and ceremony17
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Other causes8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking6

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 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePlumas National ForestBRANCH
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestRANGE
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestWAPUNSIE
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestROCK
5 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePlumas National ForestPOLE
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePlumas National ForestVALLEY
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestTRESTLE
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestEAST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Silongkoyo (historical): 21 unknowns, 16 occurrences, 15 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Nickel. 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
Feather River Travertine Marble QryMarble, DimensionProducer
Pacific Portland Cement CoStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rock Cr DepositsManganeseUnknown
MeldickGold, SilverPast Producer
Missing LinkGold, SilverPast Producer
Rock CreekNickelOccurrence1957
Rock CreekNickelUnknown
Cattle Spring Claims Nos. 1, 2ChromiumPast Producer1940, 1943
Cattle Springs Claim No 1 & 2ChromiumOccurrence
Cough GroupChromiumPast Producer1941, 1943

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Quincy0.1 miles29
Cedar Mill1.3 miles29
East Quincy2.5 miles29
Quincy Junction3.1 miles29
Keddie5.5 miles24
Massack5.8 miles27
Spanish Ranch6.0 miles23
Meadow Valley6.1 miles23

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 Silongkoyo (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7515530The 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 1701411. 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.