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Snowshoe Springs, California

29 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 French Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Dorrington quadrangle. It stands 4,885 feet above sea level.

Snowshoe Springs 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 Snowshoe Springs, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Snowshoe Springs, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

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

211 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Snowshoe Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,034 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined66
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony17
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1999Natural1.0 acresStanislaus National ForestMCKAYS
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #38
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitBOARDS
8 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSPRINGS
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresStanislaus National ForestPINES
5 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreStanislaus National ForestWHITE PINES #3
4 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreStanislaus National ForestWA KA LUU
4 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPG&E #27

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Snowshoe Springs: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Camp Connell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cuds Chrome ClaimChromiumOccurrence
B. J. Placer MineGoldPast Producer
Fallen PineGoldOccurrence
Prussian HillGoldPast ProducerGold
Prussian HillGoldPast Producer

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
Dorrington0.7 miles29
Camp Connell1.3 miles29
Big Trees Village1.7 miles29
Big Trees1.8 miles29
Mumbert Acres2.5 miles29
Blue Lake Springs3.1 miles29
McKay3.4 miles35
Lakeside Terrace3.4 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 Q7548715The 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 1804816. 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.