Camino, California
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95709. It lies near Mount Danaher. The Survey maps it on the Camino quadrangle. 1,871 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,133 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1976The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresCamino grew from 1,750 to 1,871 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,750 | |
| 2020 | 1,871 | +121 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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 Placerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Camino quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1952 USGS Camino quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1976 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
650 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 650 fires within 5 miles of Camino between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,567 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 212 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 206 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 122 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Fireworks | 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 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1971 |
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | BADGER |
| 9 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | GATLIN |
| 8 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | RED APPLE CAFE CAMINO |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | PARKER |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | PIONEER |
| 7 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | LEE |
| 6 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | ABBY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 228 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 228 workings within 5 miles of Camino: 110 occurrences, 96 unknowns, 15 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Volcanic Materials, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Gravel Mine | Germanium | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Abrasive | Unknown | ||
| Camino Rock Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gutenberger | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Gutenberger | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Sierra Placerite | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Sierra Placerite | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Snow Road Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chambelain | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camino in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 5 heavy rain, 4 flood, 1 wildfire. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1998 | Wildfire | Camino | $200,000 | no account filed |
| November 2025 | Flood | Camino | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding impacting portions of US Highway 50 east near the Cedar Grove offramp. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Camino | - | US 50 off ramp at Eight Mile Rd. had 24 inches of standing water. |
| October 2016 | Heavy Rain | Camino | - | There were 2.26 inches of rain measured, 24 hour total. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Camino | - | Minor street flooding in Camino and Cedar Grove. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Camino | - | Minor street flooding in Camino and Pollack Pines. |
| April 2015 | Heavy Rain | Camino | - | The 24 hour rain total through 4 pm was0.67 inches. |
| April 2015 | Heavy Rain | Camino | - | Heavy rain reported, 1.66 inches storm total. |
| October 2015 | Heavy Rain | Camino | - | Locally heavy rain, with 2.85 inches measured for the 24 hour total. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Camino | - | There were 3.28 inches of rain measured over 24 hours in the Camino area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Grove | 1.1 miles | 33 | |
| Rancho del Sol | 1.7 miles | 33 | |
| Camino Heights | 2.0 miles | 33 | |
| Five Mile Terrace | 2.0 miles | 33 | |
| Newtown | 2.3 miles | 33 | |
| Old Fort Jim | 3.0 miles | 33 | |
| Avinsino Corner | 3.1 miles | 33 | |
| Motor City | 3.5 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.
| Wikipedia article on Camino | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458211 | 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 1658198. 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.









