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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.

Altaville within Calaveras County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Altaville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Altaville, surveyed 1889

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 29 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

291 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined103
Equipment and vehicle use88
Debris and open burning44
Arson/incendiarism26
Natural12
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1998Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING 4
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPOAG
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictNATURAL BRIDGES
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitROLLERI
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHWY 4 #8
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined84 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSPRINGS/2-3
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitA4B
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSANCTUARY/2-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 503 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AltavilleGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Angels Camp Deep MineGold, Silver, MolybdenumPast ProducerGold, Molybdenite, Silver
DepositsLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Iron RockSilicaUnknown
Madrid MineChromium, IronPast Producer1916, 1917
McquigGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
PeiranoGold, StonePast ProducerGold, Soapstone
PonderosaIronOccurrence
Radium No. 1UraniumOccurrence
Tullock MineGold, Lead, SilverPast ProducerGalena, Gold

Every working recorded in Calaveras County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2025FloodAltaville-CHP reporting eastbound lanes flooded at SR-4 and Stallion Way from Heavy Rain.
February 2019Heavy RainAltaville-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.

Every storm recorded in Calaveras 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
Angels Camp1.6 miles29
La Honda Park4.3 miles37
Vallecito4.7 miles37
Carson Hill4.8 miles29
Fourth Crossing5.1 miles28
Calaveritas5.7 miles28
Melones6.0 miles37
Douglas Flat6.0 miles37

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 AltavilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4736199The 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.