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Todd Valley, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Foresthill-Back Country census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95631. It stands on Pond Creek. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown quadrangle. It stands 2,684 feet above sea level.

Todd Valley within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Todd Valley, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Todd Valley, surveyed 1891

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

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Todd Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,431 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined72
Debris and open burning44
Equipment and vehicle use28
Natural16
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks1
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
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictPOLARIS
7 September 2000Smokingunder an acreCentral California DistrictFORESTHILL
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictBIRCHWOOD
5 September 2005Other causes1.0 acresCentral California DistrictJAQUIMA
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictPARK
3 September 2018Arson/incendiarism134 acresCentral California DistrictSLIGER
3 September 2008Smokingunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
3 September 2008Smokingunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFORESTHILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 354 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 354 workings within 5 miles of Todd Valley: 115 past producers, 107 unknowns, 104 occurrences, 25 producers. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Manganese, Silver. 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
Forest Hill DistrictGold, Platinum, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Copper, IndiumPast Producer1850
GreenChromium, GoldProducerChromite, Gold
Michigan BluffNickelOccurrence1850
Ruby ConsolidatedGold, ChromiumOccurrenceChromite, Gold
Ruby ConsolidatedChromium, Gold, IronPast Producer1917
AlamedaGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Fiddlers GreenChromium, IronPast Producer1917
Three QueensGold, LeadPast ProducerAnkerite, Gold, Graphite, Talc
VolcanovilleIronUnknown
Volcanoville DepositIronOccurrence

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
Baltimore (historical)1.6 miles33
Yankee Jims2.2 miles33
Foresthill2.4 miles33
Mayflower (historical)3.4 miles33
Four Acres3.4 miles33
Bath (historical)4.1 miles33
Michigan Bluff6.6 miles33
Weimar7.0 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 Todd ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7812688The 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 1660009. 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.