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Taylorsville, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95983. It stands on Taylors Creek. The Survey maps it on the Taylorsville quadrangle. 123 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,547 feet above sea level.

Taylorsville within Plumas County

Then and now

1886 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Taylorsville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Taylorsville, surveyed 1886

Population over time

2 figures

Taylorsville fell from 140 to 123 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010140
2020123-17 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

159 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Taylorsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 790 acres in total. 88 started naturally. 5 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
Natural88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
7 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acrePlumas National ForestCHINA
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined79 acresPlumas National ForestMILLS
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestDIAMOND
24 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestCASHMAN
24 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestARLINGTON
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestDIXIE
23 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestTWO HAWKS
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestCRESCENT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Taylorsville: 22 occurrences, 10 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Copper, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Collins Pine ManganeseIron, Manganese, SilicaOccurrence1952
Crystal LakeSilica, Manganese, IronPast Producer1918
HinchmanCopper, GoldPast ProducerVein
Sierra RangeCopper, SilverOccurrence
Houghs PeakIronOccurrence
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationIronOccurrence
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationTitanium, ZirconiumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationTitanium, ZirconiumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Tasikoyo (historical)0.0 miles24
Crescent Mills4.0 miles24
Genesee5.1 miles24
Moccasin5.1 miles24
Indian Falls6.7 miles24
Round Valley (historical)7.3 miles24
Greenville7.4 miles23
Keddie7.7 miles24

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 TaylorsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1898897The 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 1659961. 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.