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Coyoteville, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95684. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aukum quadrangle. It stands 2,162 feet above sea level.

Coyoteville 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 Coyoteville, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Coyoteville, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 30 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

240 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Coyoteville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,477 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined65
Debris and open burning63
Equipment and vehicle use57
Natural21
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictOMO
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitFAIRPLAY
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSEABIRD
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitGULCH
4 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitWILLOW
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBERTONE
30 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSHENANDOAH
3 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresCentral California DistrictDAGOSTINI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 110 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 110 workings within 5 miles of Coyoteville: 54 occurrences, 36 unknowns, 10 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, Gemstone. 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
Big Gulch ClaimGold, ManganeseProspect1940
Fiddletown DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Fiddletown DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Indian GulchAbrasiveOccurrence
UnknownCopperOccurrence
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
Willa PlaceChromiumProspect
Quartz PlacersQuartzUnknown
UnknownQuartzOccurrence

Every working 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
Tylers Corner1.6 miles30
Aukum2.0 miles30
Fair Play3.3 miles30
Melsons Corner4.1 miles30
Outingdale5.0 miles30
Omo Ranch6.5 miles30
Somerset6.7 miles33
Sweeneys Crossing7.8 miles31

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.

Wikidata item Q5180103The 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 1658339. 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.