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Kingsbury Meadows, Nevada

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Zephyr Cove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89449. It lies near Folsom Peak. The Survey maps it on the South Lake Tahoe quadrangle.

Kingsbury Meadows within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

294 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 294 fires within 5 miles of Kingsbury Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 936 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined84
Recreation and ceremony56
Natural46
Arson/incendiarism35
Smoking32
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning4
Other causes3
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitHOLLY
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitPARTY
8 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitKEYS
8 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitKAHLE
8 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitEDNA 1
7 September 2007Other causesunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitSADDLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Kingsbury Meadows: 6 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Sulfur, 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
Genoa ClaimsGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Granite GroupUranium, CopperOccurrenceChrysocolla
Hunch and Lucky Strike ClaimsUranium, ThoriumOccurrenceAllanite
Kingbury Queen ProspectQuartz, UraniumProspect
Section 21 ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Valleys Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
Section 10 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, SulfurOccurrence
Section 15 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, SulfurOccurrence
Granite Group Nos 1-5UraniumProspect
Hunch and Lucky Strike ClaimsUraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Kingsbury0.7 miles34
Tahoe Village0.9 miles34
Hobart (historical)1.3 miles34
Stateline1.3 miles34
Edgewood1.5 miles34
Kingsbury Village1.6 miles34
Round Hill1.7 miles34
Summit Village1.7 miles34

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 Q122552604The 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 847753. 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.