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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.

Electra within Amador County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The 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 sheet of Electra, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Electra, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

278 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined80
Debris and open burning64
Equipment and vehicle use61
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural13
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony7
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined70,868 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBUTTE
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 25
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #25
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 33
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitCLINTON
5 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral California DistrictLAFAYETTE
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBUTTE
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictPATEL INC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 351 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black WonderGold, Copper, Iron, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
BostonGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Clinton ConsolidatedGold, Silver, Iron, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Silver
DigitalliCobalt, Copper, ManganeseOccurrenceVein
DigitalliManganeseUnknown
Ilex MineGold, Copper, Antimony, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Stibnite
MammothGold, ArsenicPast ProducerGold
Mokelumne Hill ProspectNickel, CobaltOccurrence
PodestaGold, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Roberts LeaseMineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Pigments

Every working recorded in Amador County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015Debris FlowElectra$100,000Heavy rain caused a mudslide over the Butte Fire burn area, closing Electra Rd.
February 2025FloodElectra-California Highway Patrol reported 3 to 4 large boulder size rocks in the northbound lane due to heavy rain.
January 2023FloodElectra-CHP reported stream overflowing at Clinton Road and Butte Mountain Road.

Every storm recorded in Amador 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
Milligan District (historical)1.9 miles29
Clinton3.0 miles28
Irishtown (historical)3.9 miles28
Scottsville4.5 miles29
Pine Acres4.6 miles28
Bonnefoy4.7 miles29
Jackson5.6 miles29
Pine Grove5.6 miles28

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 Q5357215The 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.