Baltimore, California
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Foresthill-Back Country census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95631. It lies near Smiths Point. The Survey maps it on the Foresthill quadrangle. It stands 2,871 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1891 to 2000The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 33 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.
- 1891 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1938 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Foresthill quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Foresthill quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Foresthill quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Foresthill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
197 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Baltimore (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,288 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 13 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 | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | POLARIS |
| 7 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Central California District | FORESTHILL |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | BIRCHWOOD |
| 5 September 2005 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Central California District | JAQUIMA |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | PARK |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | DUSTY |
| 3 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | FORESTHILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 347 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 347 workings within 5 miles of Baltimore (historical): 115 past producers, 106 unknowns, 91 occurrences, 31 producers. 31 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hill District | Gold, Platinum, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Indium | Past Producer | 1850 | |
| Green | Chromium, Gold | Producer | Chromite, Gold | |
| Hills Armstrong Graphite Deposit | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Michigan Bluff | Nickel | Occurrence | 1850 | |
| Ruby Consolidated | Gold, Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite, Gold | |
| Ruby Consolidated | Chromium, Gold, Iron | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Unnamed Location | Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Bunker Mine | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1880, 1917 | |
| Volcanoville | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Volcanoville Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foresthill | 0.7 miles | 33 | |
| Todd Valley | 1.6 miles | 32 | |
| Mayflower (historical) | 1.8 miles | 33 | |
| Yankee Jims | 1.9 miles | 33 | |
| Four Acres | 2.3 miles | 33 | |
| Bath (historical) | 2.4 miles | 33 | |
| Michigan Bluff | 5.1 miles | 33 | |
| Hughes Mill | 5.9 miles | 33 |
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 Q4852758 | 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 1701139. 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.














