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Strawberry Valley, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Yuba Foothills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95981. It stands on Kentucky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Strawberry Valley quadrangle. It stands 3,757 feet above sea level.

Strawberry Valley within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Strawberry Valley, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Strawberry Valley, surveyed 1888

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

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Strawberry Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 817 acres in total. 30 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
Natural30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Other causes1
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
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresPlumas National ForestJACK
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestAMERICAN
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePlumas National ForestSAWDUST
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestWOODLEAF
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestOAK
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestLOST
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestLEWIS
26 September 2013Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestSTRAWBERRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 88 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 88 workings within 5 miles of Strawberry Valley: 43 occurrences, 19 past producers, 14 unknowns, 7 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Chromium, Iron. 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
Bean ProspectManganese, AsbestosOccurrence
Brandy City MineChromium, MagnesiteProducer1917
Eagle DelleGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Eagle DelleCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Magruder ProspectsClayUnknown
OversightGold, SilverPast Producer
Suzy Bell MineChromium, IronPast Producer1915, 1916
Unnamed LocationLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Clipper MillsNickelOccurrence1955
Clipper MillsNickelUnknown

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
Eagleville1.2 miles27
North Star2.2 miles27
Woodleaf5.5 miles29
Oak Valley5.8 miles27
Youngs Hill (historical)6.4 miles27
Weeds Point6.7 miles27
Mount Hope House (historical)6.7 miles29
Galena Hill (historical)6.8 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.

Wikipedia article on Strawberry ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7622505The 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 1659888. 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.