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Ditch Camp Five, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95726. It lies near Union Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pollock Pines quadrangle. It stands 3,842 feet above sea level.

Ditch Camp Five 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 Ditch Camp Five, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Ditch Camp Five, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 31 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

408 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 408 fires within 5 miles of Ditch Camp Five between 1992 and 2020, burning about 98,220 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined127
Debris and open burning99
Recreation and ceremony71
Equipment and vehicle use41
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes3
Fireworks2

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresEldorado National ForestSNOW
9 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestBALTIC
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictBADGER
9 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestMOON
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitLOCH
9 September 1994Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitPLUM
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPLUM
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Ditch Camp Five: 13 occurrences, 9 unknowns, 5 past producers, 2 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Tungsten. 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
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldUnknown
Hazel CreekGold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Pacific HouseGold, TungstenOccurrence
Pacific HouseTungsten, GoldUnknown
Plum Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStoneUnknown
BalticGoldOccurrence
BlairGoldOccurrence
Blue GougeGoldPast ProducerGold

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
Fresh Pond1.0 miles31
Gold Ridge1.3 miles31
Spring Valley1.5 miles31
Van Vleck1.9 miles31
Lakewood Sierra2.0 miles31
Pollock Pines2.0 miles31
Pacific2.2 miles31
McManus2.5 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 Q5283627The 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 1652967. 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.