Electra, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95642. The Survey maps it on the Mokelumne Hill quadrangle. It stands 755 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1889 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1889 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mokelumne Hill quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Mokelumne Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Mokelumne Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
278 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Electra between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72,412 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 21 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 | 80 |
| Debris and open burning | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | BUTTE |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Central California District | LIGHTNING 25 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING #25 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 33 |
| 7 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | CLINTON |
| 5 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Central California District | LAFAYETTE |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | BUTTE |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | PATEL INC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 351 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 351 workings within 5 miles of Electra: 118 occurrences, 97 past producers, 90 unknowns, 26 prospects. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Wonder | Gold, Copper, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Boston | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Clinton Consolidated | Gold, Silver, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Silver | |
| Digitalli | Cobalt, Copper, Manganese | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Digitalli | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Ilex Mine | Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Stibnite | |
| Mammoth | Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Mokelumne Hill Prospect | Nickel, Cobalt | Occurrence | ||
| Podesta | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Roberts Lease | Mineral Pigments | Occurrence | Mineral Pigments |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Electra in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 flood, 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Debris Flow | Electra | $100,000 | Heavy rain caused a mudslide over the Butte Fire burn area, closing Electra Rd. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Electra | - | California Highway Patrol reported 3 to 4 large boulder size rocks in the northbound lane due to heavy rain. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Electra | - | CHP reported stream overflowing at Clinton Road and Butte Mountain Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milligan District (historical) | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Clinton | 3.0 miles | 28 | |
| Irishtown (historical) | 3.9 miles | 28 | |
| Scottsville | 4.5 miles | 29 | |
| Pine Acres | 4.6 miles | 28 | |
| Bonnefoy | 4.7 miles | 29 | |
| Jackson | 5.6 miles | 29 | |
| Pine Grove | 5.6 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.
| Wikidata item Q5357215 | 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 1658485. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











