Altaville, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Angels City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95222. It lies near Cherokee Flat. The Survey maps it on the Angels Camp quadrangle. It stands 1,542 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1889 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Altaville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Altaville Grammar Schoollisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 29 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1945 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Angels Camp quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
291 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of Altaville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,065 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined | 103 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 88 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING 4 |
| 9 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | POAG |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | NATURAL BRIDGES |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | ROLLERI |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HWY 4 #8 |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | SPRINGS/2-3 |
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | A4B |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | SANCTUARY/2-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 503 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 503 workings within 5 miles of Altaville: 195 past producers, 177 occurrences, 98 unknowns, 27 producers. 27 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Manganese, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altaville | Gold, Platinum | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Angels Camp Deep Mine | Gold, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Gold, Molybdenite, Silver | |
| Deposits | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Rock | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Madrid Mine | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1916, 1917 | |
| Mcquig | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Peirano | Gold, Stone | Past Producer | Gold, Soapstone | |
| Ponderosa | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Radium No. 1 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Tullock Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Galena, Gold |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Altaville in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Flood | Altaville | - | CHP reporting eastbound lanes flooded at SR-4 and Stallion Way from Heavy Rain. |
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Altaville | - | The county reported there were numerous reports of blocked roads due to mudslides and 25 reports of flooded roads across Calaveras County. A line of storms remained stationary over this area with 1.0 inch of rain being reported in an hour which caused these conditions. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angels Camp | 1.6 miles | 29 | |
| La Honda Park | 4.3 miles | 37 | |
| Vallecito | 4.7 miles | 37 | |
| Carson Hill | 4.8 miles | 29 | |
| Fourth Crossing | 5.1 miles | 28 | |
| Calaveritas | 5.7 miles | 28 | |
| Melones | 6.0 miles | 37 | |
| Douglas Flat | 6.0 miles | 37 |
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 Altaville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4736199 | The 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 1659688. 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.












