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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.

Dogtown within San Joaquin County

Then and now

1894 to 1993

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Dogtown, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Dogtown, surveyed 1894

Population over time

2 figures

Dogtown 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,506
20202,516+10 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

226 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined104
Equipment and vehicle use85
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitPROUTY
4 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCLAY
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHWY 12 /N JOHNSON RD
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitLIBERTY #3
29 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unit88
28 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBORDEN
28 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCURRAN
26 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitDRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Joaquin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Doodle BugGold, SilverProducer
Murdoch RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
ClementsGoldProducer
Gold Hill DredgesGoldUnknown
Mokelumne PitGoldUnknown
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown
Brandt Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Claude C. Wood PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Clements PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in San Joaquin 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
Clements1.6 miles24
Lockeford4.8 miles24
Elliott (historical)5.1 miles24
Victor8.1 miles24
Peltier8.4 miles24
Youngstown8.6 miles24
Collierville9.6 miles23
Acampo10.4 miles23

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 DogtownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5288481The 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.