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Woodleaf, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Yuba Foothills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95925. It lies near Mount Hope. The Survey maps it on the Clipper Mills quadrangle. It stands 3,133 feet above sea level.

Woodleaf within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Woodleaf, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Woodleaf, surveyed 1888

On record in Woodleaf

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

160 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Woodleaf between 1992 and 2020, burning about 444 acres in total. 25 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Natural25
Debris and open burning25
Equipment and vehicle use21
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresPlumas National ForestJACK
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePlumas National ForestDIGGER
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePlumas National ForestSAWDUST
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFORBESTOWN
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestWOODLEAF
3 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestPIKE
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestRAVINE
29 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCARNAHAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 137 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 137 workings within 5 miles of Woodleaf: 54 occurrences, 38 past producers, 32 unknowns, 9 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Chromium, 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
Carlisle MineGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Forbestown Consolidated Gold MinesGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Gold Bank Consolidated QuartzGold, Silver, CopperProducer
Gold Bank Consolidated QuartzGold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Horse ShoeGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast ProducerVein
HorseshoeGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Unnamed LocationLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Arbucco ProspectsClayOccurrence
Bean ProspectManganese, AsbestosOccurrence
Butte Co Pine and Hardwood CoAsbestosUnknown

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
Mount Hope House (historical)1.4 miles29
Lasslys (historical)2.2 miles29
Challenge2.7 miles29
Sharon Valley3.8 miles29
New York Flat (historical)4.9 miles26
Brownsville5.1 miles26
Strawberry Valley5.5 miles27
Greenville5.6 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 WoodleafAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8033046The 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 269293. 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.