Bijou Park, 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 Bijou Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Lake Tahoe quadrangle. It stands 6,237 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1889 to 1992The 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.


On record in Bijou Park
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Tahoe Meadowslisted 1990 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 34 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 Markleeville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Markleeville quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Markleeville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Bijou quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS South Lake Tahoe quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Freel Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS South Lake Tahoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Smith Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS South Lake Tahoe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
413 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 413 fires within 5 miles of Bijou Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 977 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 49 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 | 124 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 76 |
| Smoking | 57 |
| Natural | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | HOLLY |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | PARTY |
| 8 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | KEYS |
| 8 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | KAHLE |
| 8 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | EDNA 1 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | VALHALLA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bijou Park: 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Pit | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Granite Group | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | Chrysocolla | |
| Kingbury Queen Prospect | Quartz, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Butler Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Kingsbury Queen | Uranium | Occurrence | Acmite, Torbernite | |
| Quarry 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bijou | 0.5 miles | 34 | |
| Stateline | 1.0 miles | 34 | |
| Al Tahoe | 1.4 miles | 34 | |
| South Lake Tahoe | 1.8 miles | 34 | |
| Lake Valley | 2.8 miles | 35 | |
| Tahoe Keys | 3.1 miles | 35 | |
| Tahoe Valley | 3.5 miles | 35 | |
| Tallac Village | 3.8 miles | 35 |
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 Bijou Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4907251 | 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 1658060. 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.












