Dogtown, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lockeford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95220. The Survey maps it on the Clements quadrangle. 2,516 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 115 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1894 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 99 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 figuresDogtown grew from 2,506 to 2,516 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 | 2,506 | |
| 2020 | 2,516 | +10 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1894 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1909 USGS Clements quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Bellota quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Bellota quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Clements quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Clements quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
226 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Dogtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,082 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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 | 104 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 85 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | PROUTY |
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | CLAY |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HWY 12 /N JOHNSON RD |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | LIBERTY #3 |
| 29 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | 88 |
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | BORDEN |
| 28 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | CURRAN |
| 26 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | DRY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Dogtown: 9 producers, 8 unknowns, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doodle Bug | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Murdoch Ranch | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Clements | Gold | Producer | ||
| Gold Hill Dredges | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Mokelumne Pit | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Brandt Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Claude C. Wood Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Clements Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clements | 1.6 miles | 24 | |
| Lockeford | 4.8 miles | 24 | |
| Elliott (historical) | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Victor | 8.1 miles | 24 | |
| Peltier | 8.4 miles | 24 | |
| Youngstown | 8.6 miles | 24 | |
| Collierville | 9.6 miles | 23 | |
| Acampo | 10.4 miles | 23 |
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 Q5288481 | 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 1655976. 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.










