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Toyon, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the San Andreas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95252. It stands on Haupt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valley Springs quadrangle. It stands 988 feet above sea level.

Toyon within Calaveras 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 Toyon, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Toyon, surveyed 1889

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

361 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 361 fires within 5 miles of Toyon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,361 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined124
Equipment and vehicle use123
Debris and open burning41
Arson/incendiarism23
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking7
Firearms and explosives use1

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 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 16
9 September 1999Natural6.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 39
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPETERSBERG
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPINE ST VALLEY_SPRINGS
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral California DistrictBLAKELY
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unit16-N 2
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresTuolumne-Calaveras Unit1-7
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unit1-6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 365 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 365 workings within 5 miles of Toyon: 138 occurrences, 106 unknowns, 69 past producers, 51 producers. 51 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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
CaldwellGold, Silver, CopperProducerVein
CaldwellGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
CasnelliQuartz, GoldOccurrence
EdnaGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerGold
FordGold, Silver, Lead, CopperUnknown
Gilliam MineChromium, IronPast Producer1918
Gwin MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
HolmesCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
LateFlagstoneOccurrence
Late Ocher MineMineral Pigments, IronProducer

Every working recorded in Calaveras 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
Valley Springs3.5 miles30
Paloma3.8 miles29
Quail Oaks4.2 miles30
Norval (historical)4.3 miles30
San Andreas4.5 miles28
Campo Seco4.9 miles30
Camp Pardee5.1 miles30
Oak Park Estates5.6 miles28

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.

Wikidata item Q7830689The 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 1660020. 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.