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Cisco, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Colfax-Monumental Ridge census division. It lies near McIntosh Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cisco Grove quadrangle. It stands 5,938 feet above sea level.

Cisco within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cisco, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Cisco, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 37 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Cisco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 596 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 5 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
Recreation and ceremony59
Natural49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking7
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestHUYSINK
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestEAGLE
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTahoe National ForestBLACK OAK
6 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestSPRING
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestTUTTLE
6 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestSOUTH
5 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTahoe National ForestYUBA
30 September 2008Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestCISCO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Cisco: 22 occurrences, 20 past producers, 7 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Granite, Molybdenum. 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
CarlisleCopper, Zinc, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Gould and Towle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lucky JoeGold, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Mammoth GroupGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerGold
Red Mountain GroupCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Red Mountain GroupCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Sylvanite Gp.Gold, SilverPast ProducerGold
Gould & Towle QuarryGraniteProducer
Gould and Towle QuarryGraniteProducer
Lucky JoeGold, Copper, CobaltOccurrence

Every working recorded in Placer County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cisco in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 2 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2025FloodCisco-Placer County sheriff reported that heavy rain caused rising water levels on the South Yuba River near Hampshire Rocks Rd between Donner Pass RD and Cisco Road. One home with nine occupants was evacuated at approximately 1pm.
March 2023FloodCisco-The California Highway patrol reported flooding of Interstate 80 west of the Cisco Road onramp. There were also other various other reports of flooding of on and off ramps along Interstate 80.
January 2017Heavy RainCisco-There were 14.07 of rain over 72 hours at Huysink along I80.

Every storm recorded in Placer 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
Cisco Grove0.7 miles37
Big Bend1.6 miles37
Rainbow2.1 miles37
Tamarack (historical)2.9 miles36
Troy4.5 miles36
Spruce (historical)6.3 miles36
Emigrant Gap6.7 miles34
Secret Canyon (historical)8.1 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 CiscoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5122127The 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 258385. 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.