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Sutter Hill, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95685. It lies near Gopher Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Amador City quadrangle. It stands 1,562 feet above sea level.

Sutter Hill within Amador County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sutter Hill, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Sutter Hill, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

269 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Sutter Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 866 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 26 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
Equipment and vehicle use88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined86
Debris and open burning47
Arson/incendiarism26
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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 1993Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitPINE
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSUNSET
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSUTTER
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSUNSET
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral California DistrictSHAKERIDGE
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBUTTE
30 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCREEK
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitRIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 284 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 284 workings within 5 miles of Sutter Hill: 114 occurrences, 79 past producers, 64 prospects, 19 producers. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Manganese. 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
Allen RanchGold, PGE, SilverPast Producer
AnitaGold, Copper, IronPast ProducerGold, Iron
Ayers, CharlersStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel
Bunker HillGold, IronPast Producer1853
Central EurekaGold, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Lead, CopperProducer1855
Ellis PropertyChromium, IronProspect
Fremont-Gover Inc. Loyal LodeGold, ArsenicPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
G. J. AlexanderStone, DimensionOccurrence
Johnson RanchCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceUnderground
KeystoneGold, Antimony, ArsenicPast Producer1851

Every working recorded in Amador 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
Martell0.8 miles29
Sutter Creek1.0 miles30
Jackson2.5 miles29
Bonnefoy2.9 miles29
Amador City3.1 miles30
Bunker Hill3.6 miles30
Scottsville3.9 miles29
Lower Rancheria (historical)4.2 miles30

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 Sutter HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7650155The 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 252812. 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.