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.
Then and now
1891 to 1976The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresDiamond 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11,037 | |
| 2020 | 11,345 | +308 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1891 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1976 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
982 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 333 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 280 |
| Debris and open burning | 200 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Smoking | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | SERVICE |
| 9 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | BOEGER WINERY PLACERVILLE |
| 9 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | BEALS RD GOLD_HILL |
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | LODE 2 |
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | LINDBERG |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | HY 50 EB / FORNI OFF RAM |
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1707 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 620 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Springs Sand and Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Diamond Springs Li | Calcium | Unknown | ||
| Grand Victory | Gold, Antimony | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Irish | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Martinez Gold Mine | Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | 1942 | |
| Oregon | Gold, Arsenic, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Pacific Quartz | Gold, Arsenic, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Placerite Quarry and Mill | Stone | Producer | ||
| Placerville District | Gold, Platinum | Past Producer | 1848 | |
| Unknown | Gemstone | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park | 1.0 miles | 34 | |
| Perks Corner | 1.7 miles | 34 | |
| El Dorado | 1.9 miles | 34 | |
| Apex | 2.3 miles | 34 | |
| Tiger Lily | 2.3 miles | 34 | |
| Indak (historical) | 2.5 miles | 34 | |
| Placerville | 2.6 miles | 34 | |
| Kingsville | 3.5 miles | 32 |
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 Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2257197 | 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 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.










