Emerald Bay, California
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Lake Tahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96142. It lies near Fannette Island. The Survey maps it on the Emerald Bay quadrangle. It stands 6,319 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1889 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1889 against another survey:
On record in Emerald Bay
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Vikingsholmlisted 1996 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 35 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 Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Emerald Bay quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Fallen Leaf Lake quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1976 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Emerald Bay quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
245 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Emerald Bay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 305 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 79 |
| Smoking | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Natural | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | VALHALLA |
| 7 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | EIGHT |
| 7 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | GRANITE |
| 5 September 2010 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Eldorado National Forest | ROCK |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | VELMA |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | VELMA |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | MIDDLE 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Emerald Bay: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Scandium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Scandium | Unknown | ||
| Gilmore Lake Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Golden Rule | Gold | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Creek | 2.8 miles | 35 | |
| Kiva Beach | 2.8 miles | 35 | |
| Frosts (historical) | 2.8 miles | 30 | |
| Camp Richardson | 3.5 miles | 35 | |
| Rubicon Properties | 3.9 miles | 30 | |
| Tallac Village | 4.8 miles | 35 | |
| Tahoe Keys | 4.9 miles | 35 | |
| Meeks Bay | 5.3 miles | 30 |
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 Emerald Bay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5370413 | 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 1655997. 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.











