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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.

Emerald Bay within El Dorado County

Then and now

1889 to 1992

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Emerald Bay, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Emerald Bay, surveyed 1889

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 35 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

245 since 1992

Regional 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 ceremony79
Smoking43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Natural41
Arson/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitVALHALLA
7 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitEIGHT
7 September 1994Smokingunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitGRANITE
5 September 2010Natural5.0 acresEldorado National ForestROCK
5 September 2007Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitVELMA
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestVELMA
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestMIDDLE 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitScandiumUnknown
Gilmore Lake ProspectGoldOccurrence
Golden RuleGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in El Dorado 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
Spring Creek2.8 miles35
Kiva Beach2.8 miles35
Frosts (historical)2.8 miles30
Camp Richardson3.5 miles35
Rubicon Properties3.9 miles30
Tallac Village4.8 miles35
Tahoe Keys4.9 miles35
Meeks Bay5.3 miles30

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 BayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5370413The 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.