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Sonora Hills, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Sonora-Phoenix Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95370. It stands on Sonora Creek. The Survey maps it on the Standard quadrangle.

Sonora Hills within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sonora Hills, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sonora Hills, surveyed 1893

On record in Sonora Hills

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

1,001 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,001 fires within 5 miles of Sonora Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,234 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 60 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/undetermined395
Equipment and vehicle use222
Debris and open burning171
Misuse of fire by a minor72
Arson/incendiarism60
Smoking30
Power generation/transmission/distribution22
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony7
Other causes2
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMONO
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictENOS
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#21
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#37
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTING 24
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOX
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCAMPBELL
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitRAWHIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 286 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 286 workings within 5 miles of Sonora Hills: 110 unknowns, 63 past producers, 56 occurrences, 43 producers. 44 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Limestone, Dimension, Gold, 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
B Brown We Finch Ad HunterTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Bell Columbia Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Black Oak GroupGold, Zinc, Lead, IronPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Golden StarGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
HitchcockGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Reported OccurenceSlate, DimensionOccurrence
Reported OccurenceBerylliumOccurrence
Seminole GroupGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
SonoraSilver, GoldProducer
Sonora PlantMagnesiteProducer

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
East Sonora0.3 miles27
Greenley Oaks0.6 miles27
Quail Hollow1.0 miles27
Sonora1.0 miles28
Quail Ridge Ranch1.3 miles27
Sonora Knolls1.5 miles28
Cuesta Oaks2.0 miles37
Scenic Brook2.0 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.

Wikidata item Q122560225The 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 1785624. 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.