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Stent, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sonora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95327. It lies near Quartz Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sonora quadrangle. It stands 1,394 feet above sea level.

Stent 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 Stent, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Stent, surveyed 1893

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

608 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 608 fires within 5 miles of Stent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,238 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined247
Equipment and vehicle use138
Debris and open burning86
Misuse of fire by a minor42
Arson/incendiarism34
Natural18
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Smoking16
Recreation and ceremony6
Firearms and explosives use2
Other causes2

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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCAMPBELL
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitRAWHIDE
8 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictTRESCOTT
8 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictHATLER
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitEBERT
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictANGUS
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitROSASCO
6 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHUESTIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 276 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 276 workings within 5 miles of Stent: 87 unknowns, 84 past producers, 44 producers, 39 occurrences. 45 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Copper. 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
Golden Rule & JumperGold, BismuthOccurrence
HitchcockGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Jamestown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kahl RanchChromium, CopperOccurrence
Mackey RanchCopper, Gold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Reported OccurenceSlate, DimensionOccurrence
Reported OccurenceBerylliumOccurrence
Shell RanchCopper, GoldOccurrence
SonoraSilver, GoldProducer

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
Quartz0.8 miles28
Campo Seco1.5 miles28
Algerine1.7 miles28
Woods Crossing1.9 miles28
Rolling Hills1.9 miles28
Mother Lode West2.0 miles28
Montezuma2.3 miles28
Cuesta Serena2.5 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 Q64574024The 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 235444. 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.