Angels Camp, 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 stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Angels Camp quadrangle. 3,836 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 1,378 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 Angels Camp
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 4 records
Angels Hotellisted 1972
Calaveras County Banklisted 1985
Sam Choy Brick Storelisted 1984
Utica Mansionlisted 1984
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
323 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 323 fires within 5 miles of Angels Camp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,162 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 31 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 | 116 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 89 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | BLUFF |
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Central California District | PARROTS |
| 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 |
| 7 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | CAMP |
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | 7.5 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | 2-7 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 562 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 562 workings within 5 miles of Angels Camp: 218 past producers, 200 occurrences, 103 unknowns, 35 producers. 36 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Manganese, Gold, 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 | |
| Carson Creek | Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Gold, Silver, Tetrahedrite | |
| Deposits | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Rock | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Mcquig | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Peirano | Gold, Stone | Past Producer | Gold, Soapstone | |
| Radium No. 1 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Stanislaus Mine | Silver, Mercury | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Stanislaus Mine | Silver, Mercury | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altaville | 1.6 miles | 29 | |
| Carson Hill | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Vallecito | 3.8 miles | 37 | |
| La Honda Park | 4.3 miles | 37 | |
| Melones | 4.4 miles | 37 | |
| Douglas Flat | 5.5 miles | 37 | |
| Murphys | 6.4 miles | 34 | |
| Rocky Hill | 6.6 miles | 34 |
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 Angels Camp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2603725 | 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 1667877. 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.












