Cedarville, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Surprise Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96104. The Survey maps it on the Cedarville quadrangle. 437 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,652 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 107 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 figuresCedarville fell from 514 to 437 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 | 514 | |
| 2020 | 437 | -77 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1886 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cedarville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Alturas quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Cedarville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Cedarville quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Cedarville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Cedarville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 386 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | 535 |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | STOUGH |
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | MDF WM CEDAR |
| 7 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Northern California District | BONNER |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Modoc National Forest | COOK |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | IVERSON |
| 30 September 2005 | Smoking | 110 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | KAISER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Cedarville: 6 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Calcium, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Elzie Bagley | Calcium | Producer | Surface | |
| Elzie Bagley | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Granger Claim Group | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Cedarville Hot Springs | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Deep Creek Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | 1935 | |
| Silvertown Group | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Silvertown Group | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedarville in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedarville | $20,000 | The Modoc County Record reported that strong winds came down from Cedar Pass and snapped a 30-inch and a 16-inch diameter tree near Cedarville. A building on one ranch had a 20 foot by 34 foot piece of roof blown off. Large farm equipment (swather) was pushed and numerous 110 pound bales of hay were rolled or knocked over in the winds.|The highest measured gust was 55 mph at the Surprise Valley RAWS. |
| April 2018 | Heavy Rain | Cedarville | - | Mesonet station CEDC, 3 miles north of Cedarville (elevation 4600 feet) reported 0.79 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 0700PST to 7 April 0700PST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake City | 8.2 miles | 22 | |
| Surprise Station | 14.3 miles | 22 | |
| Eagleville | 15.0 miles | 24 | |
| Cantrall Mill | 16.6 miles | 23 | |
| Davis Creek | 17.6 miles | 22 | |
| Brooks Mill | 18.7 miles | 23 | |
| Menlo Baths | 18.8 miles | 24 | |
| Paola (historical) | 19.5 miles | 24 |
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 Cedarville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2943788 | 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 220805. 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.









