Dutch Flat, California
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Colfax-Monumental Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95714. It lies near Pug Ugly. The Survey maps it on the Dutch Flat quadrangle. 183 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,144 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 2000The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
On record in Dutch Flat
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Dutch Flat Historic Districtlisted 1973
Population over time
2 figuresDutch Flat grew from 160 to 183 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 | 160 | |
| 2020 | 183 | +23 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 37 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 Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1938 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Dutch Flat quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1951 USGS Dutch Flat quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Dutch Flat quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
256 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Dutch Flat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,470 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 7 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 | 96 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | DUTCH |
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1434 |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | ALTA |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | FOREBAY |
| 5 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Central California District | GOLD RUN |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | TUMBLING |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | IRON POINT CDF_ALTA |
| 4 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | CULBERSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 258 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 258 workings within 5 miles of Dutch Flat: 77 occurrences, 77 unknowns, 71 past producers, 33 producers. 33 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Asbestos. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Traveler | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Big Blue | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold | |
| Dutch Flat District | Gold, Platinum, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Indium | Past Producer | 1849 | |
| Lincoln Clay Pit and Mill | Clay | Producer | ||
| Greenhorn Creek | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Greenhorn Creek | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Jumbo No 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Mccarty Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Mccarty Prospect | Manganese | Unknown | 1918 | |
| Sullivan & Mccormick Claim | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Vista | 1.4 miles | 37 | |
| Alta | 1.4 miles | 37 | |
| Gold Run | 2.0 miles | 37 | |
| Towle | 2.1 miles | 37 | |
| Baxter | 3.0 miles | 37 | |
| Casa Loma | 3.3 miles | 37 | |
| Secret Town | 4.0 miles | 36 | |
| Midas | 4.3 miles | 37 |
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 Dutch Flat | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q650179 | 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 259631. 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.













