Dogtown, 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 stands on Maxwell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coulterville quadrangle. It stands 2,582 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 2001The 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.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1893 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1898 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Dogtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,145 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | BONEYARD |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | ERNST |
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Central California District | TAYLOR |
| 7 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | HILDAGO |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BROADWAY COULTERVILLE |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | FISKE |
| 30 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | ARGO |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | HAMM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 257 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 257 workings within 5 miles of Dogtown: 94 past producers, 82 occurrences, 49 unknowns, 22 producers. 22 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Talc-Soapstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide and Anderson | Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1867 | |
| Asbestos Prospect | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Bondurant | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1856 | |
| Crystal | Gold, Mercury, Copper | Past Producer | Cinnabar, Gold | |
| Crystal Mine | Gold, Mercury | Past Producer | Cinnabar, Gold | |
| Louisiana | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1862 | |
| Red Hill Mine | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Sonora Marble Aggregate Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Sonora Marble Aggregates Co. | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Sonora Marble Aggregates Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greeley Hill | 2.9 miles | 34 | |
| Newtown (historical) | 3.4 miles | 34 | |
| Coulterville | 3.8 miles | 34 | |
| Bagby | 6.2 miles | 28 | |
| Buck Meadows | 8.3 miles | 29 | |
| Granite Springs | 8.9 miles | 28 | |
| Bear Valley | 9.2 miles | 31 | |
| Barrett | 9.4 miles | 28 |
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 Dogtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5288480 | 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 1656304. 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.












