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Woods Crossing, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sonora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95327. It stands on Peppermint Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sonora quadrangle.

Woods Crossing within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Woods Crossing, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Woods Crossing, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

692 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 692 fires within 5 miles of Woods Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,611 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined288
Equipment and vehicle use146
Debris and open burning107
Misuse of fire by a minor48
Arson/incendiarism37
Natural22
Power generation/transmission/distribution21
Smoking15
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony3
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1

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 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFERENCZY
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCAMPBELL
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitRAWHIDE
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitGREENLEY
8 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictTRESCOTT
8 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictHATLER
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictPINE
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictANGUS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 383 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 383 workings within 5 miles of Woods Crossing: 139 unknowns, 106 past producers, 60 producers, 50 occurrences. 61 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Copper. 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
B Brown We Finch Ad HunterTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Golden Rule & JumperGold, BismuthOccurrence
Jamestown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kahl RanchChromium, CopperOccurrence
Mackey RanchCopper, Gold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Reported OccurenceSlate, DimensionOccurrence
Reported OccurenceBerylliumOccurrence
Shell RanchCopper, GoldOccurrence
SonoraSilver, GoldProducer
Us Lime ProductsLimestone, GeneralProspect

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
Rolling Hills0.5 miles28
Campo Seco1.0 miles28
Mother Lode West1.1 miles28
Jamestown1.1 miles28
Quartz1.1 miles28
Rawhide1.8 miles28
Stent1.9 miles28
Peppermint Creek2.2 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1785600. 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.