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Yuba Pass, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Donner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95959. It lies near Gonelson Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cisco Grove quadrangle. It stands 5,636 feet above sea level.

Yuba Pass 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 Yuba Pass, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Yuba Pass, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 37 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

232 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Yuba Pass between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,081 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 5 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
Recreation and ceremony102
Natural52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Smoking12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestFULLER
9 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestBLUE
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitEMIGRANT
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitZIEBRIGHT
8 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestDOWNEY
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestEAGLE
7 September 2011Smokingunder an acreTahoe National ForestONION
7 September 2011Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresTahoe National ForestBLUE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Yuba Pass: 17 occurrences, 13 past producers, 7 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Granite. 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
CarlisleCopper, Zinc, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Gould and Towle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lucky JoeGold, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Red Mountain GroupCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Red Mountain GroupCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Gould & Towle QuarryGraniteProducer
Gould and Towle QuarryGraniteProducer
Grouse RidgeIron, GoldOccurrenceGold, Magnetite
Grouse RidgeIron, GoldUnknown
Lucky JoeGold, Copper, CobaltOccurrence

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
Crystal Lake1.6 miles37
Camp Spaulding2.0 miles34
Langs (historical)3.1 miles34
Bear Valley (historical)4.6 miles34
Eagle Bird (historical)5.4 miles34
Baltimore Town5.5 miles30
Maybert (historical)5.7 miles34
Summit City (historical)7.9 miles30

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 Q8060113The 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 1656417. 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.