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Smartsville, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Yuba-Beale AFB census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95977. It lies near Meade Hill. The Survey maps it on the Smartsville quadrangle. 185 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 669 feet above sea level.

Smartsville within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Smartsville, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Smartsville, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Smartsville grew from 177 to 185 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010177
2020185+8 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

385 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 385 fires within 5 miles of Smartsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,713 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined139
Equipment and vehicle use129
Debris and open burning68
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural5
Smoking5
Other causes1

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 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitJOHN
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMELODY
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.7 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCHUCK
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictROADSIDE
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresCentral California DistrictMOONEY
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitROADSIDE
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPOKER
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHAMMONTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 71 workings within 5 miles of Smartsville: 28 occurrences, 19 past producers, 9 unknowns, 9 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver. 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
Arkasas TravelerCopper, Gold, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
Bitner GroupCopper, Gold, Aluminum, MagnesitePast ProducerChalcopyrite
California MineCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Clack Rock QuarryStoneProducer
Dempsey RanchIron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Parks Bar QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
TaylorIron, Copper, GoldProducerVein
Western WorldCopper, Silver, Gold, ZincPast Producer1973
Yuba SilicaSilicaProducer
California Gold and CopperCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein

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
Sucker Flat0.3 miles24
Timbuctoo1.2 miles24
Sicard Flat3.0 miles24
Browns Valley6.3 miles27
Hammonton6.6 miles27
Waldo Junction6.7 miles28
Rancho Loma Rica7.6 miles24
Marigold (historical)8.6 miles27

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 SmartsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6646592The 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 1659684. 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.