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Al Tahoe, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Lake Tahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96150. It stands on Upper Truckee River. The Survey maps it on the South Lake Tahoe quadrangle. It stands 6,253 feet above sea level.

Al Tahoe within El Dorado County

Then and now

1889 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Al Tahoe, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Al Tahoe, surveyed 1889

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

484 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 484 fires within 5 miles of Al Tahoe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 882 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 54 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/undetermined143
Recreation and ceremony98
Smoking71
Arson/incendiarism54
Natural43
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Debris and open burning13
Fireworks5
Other causes1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitVALHALLA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Al Tahoe: 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Limestone, Dimension, Scandium. 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
Butler PitStoneOccurrence
California Rock and GravelLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Gravel PitScandiumUnknown
Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Butler PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Quarry 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in El Dorado County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Al Tahoe in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025HailAl Tahoe-Public reported 0.75 inch hail in South Lake Tahoe.

Every storm recorded in El Dorado 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
South Lake Tahoe0.6 miles34
Bijou0.9 miles34
Lake Valley1.4 miles35
Bijou Park1.4 miles34
Tahoe Keys1.7 miles35
Tahoe Valley2.2 miles35
Stateline2.4 miles34
Tallac Village2.5 miles35

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 Al TahoeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4704861The 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 1657898. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.