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Volcanoville, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95634. It lies near Jakeys Hill. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown quadrangle. It stands 2,992 feet above sea level.

Volcanoville within El Dorado 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 Volcanoville, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Volcanoville, 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

275 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 275 fires within 5 miles of Volcanoville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,915 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 16 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
Debris and open burning77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined77
Equipment and vehicle use30
Natural28
Recreation and ceremony20
Arson/incendiarism16
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Other causes6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking6

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 2014Other causesunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitMILED
9 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreEldorado National ForestRUBICON
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
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestWENTWORTH
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Other causes1.0 acresCentral California DistrictJAQUIMA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 347 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 347 workings within 5 miles of Volcanoville: 115 unknowns, 114 occurrences, 96 past producers, 20 producers. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Platinum, 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
GreenChromium, GoldProducerChromite, Gold
Hills Armstrong Graphite DepositGraphiteProspect
Michigan BluffNickelOccurrence1850
Ruby ConsolidatedGold, ChromiumOccurrenceChromite, Gold
Ruby ConsolidatedChromium, Gold, IronPast Producer1917
Unnamed LocationSulfurOccurrence
Yankee Jim DepositManganeseOccurrence
American BarGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Bunker MineChromium, IronPast Producer1880, 1917
Forest Hill DistrictGold, Platinum, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Copper, IndiumPast Producer1850

Every working recorded in El Dorado 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
Balderson Station3.7 miles32
Buckeye4.0 miles32
Georgetown5.8 miles32
Buffalo Hill5.9 miles32
Quintette7.1 miles34
Fornis7.3 miles32
Meadow Brook8.8 miles32
Greenwood8.8 miles31

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 VolcanovilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7940100The 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 268719. 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.