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Walerga, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sacramento census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95842. The Survey maps it on the Citrus Heights quadrangle.

Walerga within Sacramento County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Walerga, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Walerga, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 35 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

900 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 900 fires within 5 miles of Walerga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,090 acres in total. None started naturally. 82 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/undetermined670
Arson/incendiarism82
Equipment and vehicle use67
Misuse of fire by a minor40
Smoking18
Debris and open burning16
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCOLIN
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPFE
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPFE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Walerga: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
American River Placer DepositsGoldProducerPlacer
American River Placer DepositsGoldOccurrence
Cannon & Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cannon & Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sacramento 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
North Highlands0.8 miles35
Foothill Farms0.8 miles35
Antelope3.0 miles35
Sabre City3.3 miles35
Del Paso Heights3.9 miles33
Town and Country Village4.3 miles32
Robla4.4 miles33
Carmichael4.5 miles35

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 Q122572743The 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 1656396. 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.