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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.

Coulterville within Mariposa County

Then and now

1893 to 2001

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Coulterville, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Coulterville, surveyed 1893

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

Population over time

2 figures

Coulterville 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.

YearPeople Change
2010201
2020115-86 (-43%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

159 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning34
Equipment and vehicle use30
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDONKEY
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitPENON BLANCO LOOKOUT
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictBONEYARD
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitHILDAGO
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use165 acresCentral California DistrictHORSESHOE
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBROADWAY COULTERVILLE
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFISKE
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionERNST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mariposa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 226 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Adelaide and AndersonGold, Lead, CopperPast Producer1867
Asbestos ProspectAsbestosOccurrence
BarrettCopper, Gold, ZincOccurrence
Champion IGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer1855
CrystalGold, Mercury, CopperPast ProducerCinnabar, Gold
Jasper PointGemstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel, Jasper, Sand
Jasper PointSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
MalvinaGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerGold
Mary Harrison-Malvina GroupGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer1852
Red Hill MineGold, CopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Mariposa County

Storms near this place

6 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2018Flash FloodCoulterville2 killed, $2,000,000Mariposa 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 2001WildfireCoulterville$3,600,000The 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 2023Thunderstorm WindCoulterville-The PG&E station at Penon Blanco reported a measured wind gust of 62 mph with a thunderstorm.
October 2021Heavy RainCoulterville-Public report of 5.48 inches of rainfall in 18 hours at Greeley Hill.
March 2017HailCoulterville-Public report of one inch hail.
September 1999LightningCoulterville-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.

Every storm recorded in Mariposa 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
Newtown (historical)0.6 miles34
Dogtown3.8 miles34
Greeley Hill4.3 miles34
Granite Springs5.2 miles28
Barrett6.7 miles28
Blanchard6.9 miles28
Bagby7.6 miles28
Buck Meadows10.0 miles29

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 CoultervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473866The 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.