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Spring Hill, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Grass Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95945. It stands on South Fork Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grass Valley quadrangle. It stands 2,674 feet above sea level.

Spring Hill within Nevada County

Then and now

1888 to 1998

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 Hill, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Spring Hill, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

893 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 893 fires within 5 miles of Spring Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,855 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 38 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/undetermined356
Debris and open burning217
Equipment and vehicle use140
Misuse of fire by a minor51
Smoking44
Arson/incendiarism38
Power generation/transmission/distribution22
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony9
Other causes3

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 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSNMH CRISIS STABILIZATION
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGOLDEN
9 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCentral California DistrictADAMS
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCAREY
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1886
7 September 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHWY 20 / DORSEY DR
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPASQUALE
7 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 1,042 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1,042 workings within 5 miles of Spring Hill: 553 past producers, 363 occurrences, 93 unknowns, 19 producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, 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
Berkeley ProspectCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Sulfur, ArsenicPast Producer1904
BrunswickGold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Bullion ConGold, Lead, TungstenPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite
Canada HillGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, TinPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Champion Con QtzGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerUnderground
Empire StarGold, Lead, Arsenic, ZincUnknown
Gold HillGold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Grass Valley DistrictTungsten, GoldProducer1915
Green LodeGold, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnknown
HusseyCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Olympia Glade0.5 miles28
Hills Flat0.8 miles28
Evergreen Estates0.8 miles28
Glenbrook0.8 miles28
Cypress Hill0.9 miles28
Bella Vista Park0.9 miles28
Town Talk1.0 miles28
Echo Ridge Estates1.1 miles28

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 Q7580556The 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 1659846. 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.