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Zuver, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Foresthill-Back Country census division. It lies near Wallace Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Devil Peak quadrangle. It stands 3,921 feet above sea level.

Zuver within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Zuver, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Zuver, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 34 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Zuver between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,545 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 3 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
Natural14
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks1
Firearms and explosives use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestSTUMPY
3 September 2018Recreation and ceremony1,120 acresTahoe National ForestNORTH
3 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
25 September 2011Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestDELLER
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestPIGEON
25 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestLITTLE OAK
24 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresEldorado National ForestDAD
18 September 2010Natural90 acresEldorado National ForestBLACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Zuver: 6 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten. 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
RubiconTungstenOccurrence
RubiconTungstenUnknown
Clydesdale MineGoldPast Producer
DunlapGoldOccurrence
DunlapGoldPast ProducerGold
DunlapGoldOccurrence
Home StakeGoldPast ProducerGold
Hydraulic MineGoldUnknown
Pigeon Roost MineGoldUnknown
Placer DepositsGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Placer 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
Ramsey Crossing2.9 miles34
McCulloh4.1 miles34
Ralston (historical)4.6 miles33
Goggins6.7 miles29
Goggins (historical)6.7 miles29
Gilberts7.3 miles33
Greekstore (historical)7.4 miles29
Michigan Bluff8.9 miles33

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 Q8075452The 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 1656419. 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.