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You Bet, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Grass Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95945. It sits by Chalk Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Chicago Park quadrangle. It stands 2,910 feet above sea level.

You Bet within Nevada County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of You Bet, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of You Bet, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 36 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

411 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 411 fires within 5 miles of You Bet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,576 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined147
Debris and open burning104
Equipment and vehicle use83
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony16
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
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
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSECRET
8 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitDUTCH
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1434
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral California DistrictPENINSULA
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitALTA
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionROLLINS
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFOREBAY
5 September 2005Smokingunder an acreCentral California DistrictGOLD RUN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 227 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 227 workings within 5 miles of You Bet: 83 occurrences, 74 unknowns, 51 past producers, 19 producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Banner and CentralGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, TungstenPast ProducerGold
Big BlueGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Dutch Flat DistrictGold, Platinum, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Copper, IndiumPast Producer1849
Lava Cap-Banner-Central GroupGold, SilverPast Producer1860
North Banner CoGold, Lead, Molybdenum, SilverUnknown
North Banner Cons.Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, LeadPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Pacific Silica Greenhorn PlantSilicaProducer
Providence & Murchie MinesGold, BismuthOccurrence
Quaker Hill Gold Mining CorpAluminumUnknown
Steele PropertyMineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Pigments

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
Red Dog0.5 miles36
Little York (historical)1.5 miles36
Hunts Hill (historical)2.1 miles36
Quaker Hill (historical)3.7 miles33
Cascade Shores3.9 miles33
Buena Vista (historical)4.1 miles36
Deer Creek Park4.2 miles33
Bear River Pines4.5 miles36

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 You BetAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8056946The 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 1656416. 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.