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Timberland, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lake Tahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96141. It stands on Ward Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tahoe City quadrangle.

Timberland within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 1992

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 Timberland, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Timberland, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

On record in Timberland

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

195 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Timberland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Natural33
Debris and open burning16
Smoking13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes4
Arson/incendiarism3

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 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unit64 ACRES
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitANN
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestPEN
8 September 2001Other causesunder an acreTahoe National ForestMERTENS
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitMCKINNEY
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitRESORT
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitTHUNDER
4 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitBLACKWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Timberland: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Arsenic. 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
Tahoe Treasure ProspectGold, Copper, ArsenicPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Tahoe Treasure ProspectGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Placer 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
Pine Land0.7 miles32
Tahoe Park1.1 miles32
Twin Peaks Estates1.2 miles32
Talmont1.2 miles32
Sunnyside1.3 miles32
Idlewild1.3 miles32
Tahoe Pines1.6 miles32
Tahoe Woods1.7 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1723473. 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.