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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.

Dutch Flat within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Dutch Flat, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Dutch Flat, surveyed 1891

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

Population over time

2 figures

Dutch 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.

YearPeople Change
2010160
2020183+23 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 37 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

256 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined96
Equipment and vehicle use58
Debris and open burning36
Natural20
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitDUTCH
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1434
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitALTA
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFOREBAY
5 September 2005Smokingunder an acreCentral California DistrictGOLD RUN
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionTUMBLING
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionIRON POINT CDF_ALTA
4 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCULBERSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 258 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arkansas TravelerGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Big BlueGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Dutch Flat DistrictGold, Platinum, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Copper, IndiumPast Producer1849
Lincoln Clay Pit and MillClayProducer
Greenhorn CreekGold, CopperPast Producer
Greenhorn CreekCopper, GoldOccurrence
Jumbo No 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Mccarty ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Mccarty ProspectManganeseUnknown1918
Sullivan & Mccormick ClaimStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Placer 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
Monte Vista1.4 miles37
Alta1.4 miles37
Gold Run2.0 miles37
Towle2.1 miles37
Baxter3.0 miles37
Casa Loma3.3 miles37
Secret Town4.0 miles36
Midas4.3 miles37

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 FlatAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q650179The 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.