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Diamond Springs, California

34 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 95619. It stands on Ringgold Creek. The Survey maps it on the Placerville quadrangle. 11,345 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,791 feet above sea level.

Diamond Springs 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 Diamond Springs, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Diamond Springs, surveyed 1891

Population over time

2 figures

Diamond Springs grew from 11,037 to 11,345 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
201011,037
202011,345+308 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

982 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 982 fires within 5 miles of Diamond Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,538 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 54 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/undetermined333
Equipment and vehicle use280
Debris and open burning200
Misuse of fire by a minor56
Arson/incendiarism54
Smoking29
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony8
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSERVICE
9 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBOEGER WINERY PLACERVILLE
9 September 2015Smokingunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBEALS RD GOLD_HILL
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitLODE 2
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitLINDBERG
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitHY 50 EB / FORNI OFF RAM
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1707
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 620 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 620 workings within 5 miles of Diamond Springs: 302 occurrences, 167 unknowns, 141 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cold Springs Sand and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Diamond Springs LiCalciumUnknown
Grand VictoryGold, AntimonyPast ProducerSurface/Underground
IrishChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Martinez Gold MineGold, ManganeseOccurrence1942
OregonGold, Arsenic, LeadOccurrence
Pacific QuartzGold, Arsenic, SilverUnknown
Placerite Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Placerville DistrictGold, PlatinumPast Producer1848
UnknownGemstoneOccurrence

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
Deer Park1.0 miles34
Perks Corner1.7 miles34
El Dorado1.9 miles34
Apex2.3 miles34
Tiger Lily2.3 miles34
Indak (historical)2.5 miles34
Placerville2.6 miles34
Kingsville3.5 miles32

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 Diamond SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2257197The 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 277499. 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.