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Spring Gap, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It stands on Tunnel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Strawberry quadrangle.

Spring Gap within Tuolumne 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 Spring Gap, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Spring Gap, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Spring Gap between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,806 acres in total. 43 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
Natural43
Recreation and ceremony34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use16
Debris and open burning13
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 1999Natural4.0 acresStanislaus National ForestBROWNS
9 September 1999Natural4.0 acresStanislaus National ForestSTODDARD 2
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestBALD
9 September 1999Natural3.0 acresStanislaus National ForestFRASER
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestPAM
7 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreStanislaus National ForestSTRAW
7 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreStanislaus National ForestSCHOOL
6 September 1999Smokingunder an acreStanislaus National ForestPHILLY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Spring Gap: 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Aggregate PlacerGoldProspect
RattoGoldUnknown
RiversideGoldPast ProducerGold

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
Cold Springs2.6 miles28
Camp Pendola4.0 miles29
Strawberry5.3 miles28
Long Barn5.5 miles30
Pinecrest6.1 miles28
High Sierra Park6.4 miles30
Sylvan Lodge6.5 miles30
Bumblebee6.8 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659844. 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.