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Summit City, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Donner census division. It lies near Hartley Butte. The Survey maps it on the English Mountain quadrangle. It stands 7,339 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Summit City within Nevada County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Summit City (historical), surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Summit City (historical), surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Summit City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 40 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
Natural40
Recreation and ceremony39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

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 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestSAWMILL
9 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestFAUCHERIE
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremony38 acresTahoe National ForestPHOENIX
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestFORDYCE
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestTRAIL
5 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestTOLL HOUSE
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestSAWMILL
30 September 2004Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestSEVEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 84 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 84 workings within 5 miles of Summit City (historical): 39 past producers, 30 occurrences, 12 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, 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
CarlisleCopper, Zinc, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
ExcelsiorGold, Copper, Zinc, Iron, ArsenicPast ProducerGold
Meadow Lake (Excelsior)Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, IronPast Producer1863
OccurrenceGold, SilverOccurrence
Of What Nos 1 & 2Gold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerGold
Oro GrandeCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Unnamed ProspectCopper, Molybdenum, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
AllenMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceContact Metamorphic
Allen Mo ProspectMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceContact Metamorphic
ExcelsiorMolybdenum, GoldOccurrenceFerrimolybdite, Gold, Molybdenite

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
Baltimore Town2.5 miles30
Crystal Lake6.9 miles37
Kingvale7.2 miles36
Yuba Pass7.9 miles37
Soda Springs8.8 miles36
Camp Spaulding9.5 miles34
Norden10.0 miles33
Langs (historical)10.3 miles34

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 Summit City (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3853427The 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 1656341. 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.