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Walkermine, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95983. It stands on Dolly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Ingalls quadrangle. It stands 6,076 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Walkermine within Plumas 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 Walkermine (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Walkermine (historical), surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 29 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Walkermine (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 94 acres in total. 85 started naturally. None was 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
Natural85
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1

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 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestBLAKELESS
8 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestINGALLS
27 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePlumas National Forestnot named
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestEMIGRANT
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePlumas National Forestnot named
24 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresPlumas National ForestCLOVER
13 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePlumas National Forestnot named
12 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestPARADISE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Walkermine (historical): 12 unknowns, 11 past producers, 9 occurrences, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Silver, 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
Consolidated Gold and Metal Co.Copper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerMalachite
CrislerManganeseProspect1960
Green Ledge & Mother LodeGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAntimonyOccurrence
WalkerCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincProducerVein
Walker MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1844, 1916
Copper King GroupGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Five BearsCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Little GemGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Brown BearSilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Lovejoy (historical)1.4 miles29
Gate Place5.3 miles29
Greenhorn6.0 miles27
Argentine (historical)6.2 miles27
Genesee7.1 miles24
Cromberg7.3 miles28
Sloat7.4 miles28
Chases (historical)7.7 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 Walkermine (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7962361The 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 1666683. 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.