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Cameron Park, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95682. The Survey maps it on the Shingle Springs quadrangle. 18,881 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,198 feet above sea level.

Cameron Park within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cameron Park, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Cameron Park, surveyed 1891

Population over time

2 figures

Cameron Park grew from 18,228 to 18,881 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201018,228
202018,881+653 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

1,202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,202 fires within 5 miles of Cameron Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,420 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 84 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
Equipment and vehicle use421
Missing data/not specified/undetermined415
Debris and open burning143
Arson/incendiarism84
Misuse of fire by a minor65
Smoking32
Power generation/transmission/distribution20
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural8
Other causes3
Fireworks1

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 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitWYCLIFFE WY EL_DORADO_HI
9 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionNEUMANN
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unit50
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictRANCHERIA
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitRITE
9 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCIMMARON
8 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLASSO
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 139 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 139 workings within 5 miles of Cameron Park: 68 occurrences, 34 unknowns, 30 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Pilot KnobSilver, GoldOccurrence
El Dorado Limestone CoStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Joerger MineChromium, IronPast Producer1918
Marble Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
RelianceIronOccurrence
RelianceIronUnknown
Walker MineChromium, IronPast Producer1917
BonesetGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
PyramidGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
Rose KimberlyGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite

Every working recorded in El Dorado 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
Cameron Airpark Estates0.8 miles32
Cambridge Oaks0.9 miles29
Bar J Ranch1.3 miles29
Briarwood Canyon1.5 miles29
Skinners2.1 miles32
Sprekelsville2.5 miles32
Marble Mountain2.8 miles29
Shingle Springs3.2 miles32

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 Cameron ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1028791The 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 1733968. 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.