Coulterville, California
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Coulterville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95311. It lies near Louise Point. The Survey maps it on the Coulterville quadrangle. 115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,699 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
On record in Coulterville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Coulterville Main Street Historic Districtlisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresCoulterville fell from 201 to 115 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 | 201 | |
| 2020 | 115 | -86 (-43%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 34 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.
- 1893 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1898 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
159 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Coulterville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,911 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | DONKEY |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | PENON BLANCO LOOKOUT |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | BONEYARD |
| 7 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | HILDAGO |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 165 acres | Central California District | HORSESHOE |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BROADWAY COULTERVILLE |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | FISKE |
| 26 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ERNST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 226 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 226 workings within 5 miles of Coulterville: 73 past producers, 70 occurrences, 43 unknowns, 23 producers. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Manganese, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide and Anderson | Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1867 | |
| Asbestos Prospect | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Barrett | Copper, Gold, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Champion I | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1855 | |
| Crystal | Gold, Mercury, Copper | Past Producer | Cinnabar, Gold | |
| Jasper Point | Gemstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel, Jasper, Sand | |
| Jasper Point | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Malvina | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Mary Harrison-Malvina Group | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1852 | |
| Red Hill Mine | Gold, Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coulterville in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 1 lightning, 1 wildfire, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2018 | Flash Flood | Coulterville | 2 killed, $2,000,000 | Mariposa Office of Emergency Services reported several homes flooded and roadways washed out. While many roadways were washed out across Northwestern Mariposa County, the homes were generally impacted near Lake Don Pedro, Hornitos, and the City of Mariposa. The two fatalities that did occur in the area were both related to a person driving into a flooded roadway. One was along highway 132 west of Coulterville and the other was near Cathey's Valley where a 72 year old woman was found dead nearly four months later. |
| August 2001 | Wildfire | Coulterville | $3,600,000 | The Creek Fire was an arson fire that burned 11,500 acres. There were no fatalities but 11 injuries and 8 structures were lost (4 residences and 4 out-buildings). At one point at least 400 people were forced to evacuate due to the fire and it threatened at least 3000 structures. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coulterville | - | The PG&E station at Penon Blanco reported a measured wind gust of 62 mph with a thunderstorm. |
| October 2021 | Heavy Rain | Coulterville | - | Public report of 5.48 inches of rainfall in 18 hours at Greeley Hill. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Coulterville | - | Public report of one inch hail. |
| September 1999 | Lightning | Coulterville | - | Four (4) lightning strikes were observed by an OES Fire Official in the vicinity of Coulterville. The strikes all produced small fires. No injuries or damage was reported except for the costs of suppression. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown (historical) | 0.6 miles | 34 | |
| Dogtown | 3.8 miles | 34 | |
| Greeley Hill | 4.3 miles | 34 | |
| Granite Springs | 5.2 miles | 28 | |
| Barrett | 6.7 miles | 28 | |
| Blanchard | 6.9 miles | 28 | |
| Bagby | 7.6 miles | 28 | |
| Buck Meadows | 10.0 miles | 29 |
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 Coulterville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473866 | 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 266604. 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.












