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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.

Camino 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 Camino, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Camino, surveyed 1891

Population over time

2 figures

Camino 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,750
20201,871+121 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 33 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

650 since 1992

Regional 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 burning212
Missing data/not specified/undetermined206
Equipment and vehicle use122
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Smoking19
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural10
Other causes6
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 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1971
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictBADGER
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitGATLIN
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitRED APPLE CAFE CAMINO
8 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPARKER
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPIONEER
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitLEE
6 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitABBY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 228 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Old Gravel MineGermaniumUnknown
UnknownGemstoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAbrasiveUnknown
Camino Rock CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
GutenbergerIronOccurrence
GutenbergerIronOccurrence
Sierra PlaceriteStone, DimensionOccurrence
Sierra PlaceriteStone, DimensionUnknown
Snow Road Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
ChambelainStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in El Dorado County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1998WildfireCamino$200,000no account filed
November 2025FloodCamino-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding impacting portions of US Highway 50 east near the Cedar Grove offramp.
April 2018FloodCamino-US 50 off ramp at Eight Mile Rd. had 24 inches of standing water.
October 2016Heavy RainCamino-There were 2.26 inches of rain measured, 24 hour total.
June 2015FloodCamino-Minor street flooding in Camino and Cedar Grove.
June 2015FloodCamino-Minor street flooding in Camino and Pollack Pines.
April 2015Heavy RainCamino-The 24 hour rain total through 4 pm was0.67 inches.
April 2015Heavy RainCamino-Heavy rain reported, 1.66 inches storm total.
October 2015Heavy RainCamino-Locally heavy rain, with 2.85 inches measured for the 24 hour total.
December 2015Heavy RainCamino-There were 3.28 inches of rain measured over 24 hours in the Camino area.

Every storm 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
Cedar Grove1.1 miles33
Rancho del Sol1.7 miles33
Camino Heights2.0 miles33
Five Mile Terrace2.0 miles33
Newtown2.3 miles33
Old Fort Jim3.0 miles33
Avinsino Corner3.1 miles33
Motor City3.5 miles33

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 CaminoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3458211The 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.