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White Spot, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Nevada City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95959. It lies near Sugarloaf Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Nevada City quadrangle. It stands 3,038 feet above sea level.

White Spot within Nevada County

Then and now

1888 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of White Spot, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of White Spot, surveyed 1888

On record in White Spot

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

608 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 608 fires within 5 miles of White Spot between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,814 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined240
Debris and open burning139
Equipment and vehicle use99
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Arson/incendiarism29
Smoking27
Recreation and ceremony16
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Natural11
Other causes4

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 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSNMH CRISIS STABILIZATION
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCAREY
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1886
7 September 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHWY 20 / DORSEY DR
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unit5 MILE
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPASQUALE
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresCentral California DistrictPURDON
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 628 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 628 workings within 5 miles of White Spot: 276 past producers, 249 occurrences, 85 unknowns, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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
BrunswickGold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Canada HillGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, TinPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Champion Con QtzGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerUnderground
Gold HillGold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Grass Valley DistrictTungsten, GoldProducer1915
HusseyCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Idaho - MarylandGold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerGold, Scheelite, Sphalerite
MountaineerGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
MurchieGold, Lead, Copper, Silver, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Murchie MineGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Shelby Flat (historical)1.1 miles28
Wokodot (historical)1.3 miles28
Nevada City1.4 miles28
Willow Valley1.7 miles33
Champion (historical)2.1 miles28
Providence (historical)2.1 miles28
Crystal Springs (historical)2.4 miles33
Gold Flat2.5 miles28

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 Q28945119The 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 1660168. 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.