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Skyhigh, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Arnold-West Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95223. It lies near Big Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Tamarack quadrangle. It stands 7,041 feet above sea level.

Skyhigh within Calaveras County

Then and now

1891 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Skyhigh, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Skyhigh, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Skyhigh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,235 acres in total. 71 started naturally. 2 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
Natural71
Recreation and ceremony36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning14
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
6 September 2018Natural2.0 acresStanislaus National ForestCABBAGE
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestPARKING
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestRATTLE
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestCORRAL
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestSTATION
30 September 2004Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestCORRAL
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStanislaus National ForestKITCHEN
3 September 2000Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestEDWARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Skyhigh: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Yosemite Pits Harvey PitsClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Calaveras 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
Big Meadow1.2 miles30
Tamarack Springs1.3 miles30
Tamarack1.5 miles30
Sherman Acres2.0 miles30
Lombardi2.2 miles30
Ganns3.5 miles29
Cottage Springs7.7 miles29
Big Trees Village11.8 miles29

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 Q7537746The 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 1659680. 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.