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Vallecito, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Angels City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95251. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Columbia quadrangle. 442 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,762 feet above sea level.

Vallecito within Calaveras County

Then and now

1891 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vallecito, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Vallecito, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 37 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

367 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 367 fires within 5 miles of Vallecito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,346 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined125
Equipment and vehicle use86
Debris and open burning64
Arson/incendiarism33
Natural24
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2011Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitBLUFF
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresCentral California Area OfficeNINE
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictPARROTS
9 September 1998Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING 4
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPOAG
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictNATURAL BRIDGES
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitROLLERI
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCAMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 606 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 606 workings within 5 miles of Vallecito: 217 occurrences, 201 past producers, 125 unknowns, 56 producers. 56 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, Stone. 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
Angels Camp Deep MineGold, Silver, MolybdenumPast ProducerGold, Molybdenite, Silver
Blue Mountian QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Cataract Slurry PlantCalciumProducer
Columbia QuarryMagnesiteProducer
Douglas FlatGold, PGEUnknown
Hard To FindGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Iron RockSilicaUnknown
Madrid MineChromium, IronPast Producer1916, 1917
Murphy Divide MineGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerReplacement
Oro Plata MineAntimonyOccurrence

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
Douglas Flat1.9 miles37
La Honda Park2.4 miles37
Murphys3.3 miles34
Big Valley3.8 miles34
Angels Camp3.8 miles29
Rocky Hill3.8 miles34
Wyldewood4.0 miles34
Carson Hill4.6 miles29

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 VallecitoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2309447The 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 268654. 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.