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Weimar, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Colfax-Monumental Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95713. It lies near John Brown Flat. The Survey maps it on the Colfax quadrangle. It stands 2,257 feet above sea level.

Weimar within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 1977

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Weimar, surveyed 1977
Topographic sheet of Weimar, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

564 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 564 fires within 5 miles of Weimar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,273 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined212
Debris and open burning127
Equipment and vehicle use122
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Arson/incendiarism24
Smoking19
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes2
Fireworks1
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
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitKNOLLS
7 September 1997Smokingunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitROADSIDE
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitVOLLEY
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGRAND
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMAGNOLIA
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictMANZANITA
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitGUNSTOCK
3 September 2014Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitRAILROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 121 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 121 workings within 5 miles of Weimar: 43 past producers, 35 unknowns, 29 occurrences, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
AlamedaGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Bear RiverGold, Arsenic, SilverUnknown
Colfax MineClayProducer
Meadow Vista QuarryStonePast Producer
UnnamedGold, Silver, ArsenicPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
ProspectAsbestosOccurrence
Rising SunGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
Rising Sun MineGold, CopperPast Producer1866
Unnamed ProspectAsbestosProspect
Bear River MarbleStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Placer County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weimar in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2021Heavy RainWeimar-Heavy rain was reported in Placer County. Reported storm totals reached 11.15 inches By a CoCoRaHS station near Colfax to 13.35 inches off Forest Hill Rd. All time record high calendar day rainfall amount was recorded at 10.40 inches at Blue Canyon.

Every storm recorded in Placer 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
Twin Pines0.9 miles34
Heather Glen1.4 miles34
Eden Valley1.8 miles34
Lander Crossing2.2 miles34
Pinecroft2.7 miles34
Applegate2.7 miles34
Illinoistown (historical)3.6 miles34
Meadow Vista3.6 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 WeimarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7980208The 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 237401. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.