Enterprise, California
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Sutter Creek-Plymouth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95669. It stands on Pigeon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fiddletown quadrangle. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1976The same ground, surveyed 85 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
11 surveys from 33 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.
- 1891 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Fiddletown quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Fiddletown quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1976 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
202 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Enterprise between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,313 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | RIDGE |
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Central California District | 49 |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | QUARTZ |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | SAND |
| 6 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | SHENANDOAH |
| 5 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | FIDDLETOWN #4 |
| 3 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | FIDDLETOWN |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1303 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 267 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 267 workings within 5 miles of Enterprise: 142 occurrences, 62 past producers, 32 unknowns, 24 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Chromium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amador Star | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite, Silver | |
| Del Porto Marble | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Grelich Ranch Grelich Ranch | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Indian Gulch | Abrasive | Occurrence | ||
| Monarch - Sugar Loaf | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| New Hope | Gold, Arsenic | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Plymouth Consolidated | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1852 | |
| Rising Star | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Simons | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Quartz | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | 4.0 miles | 30 | |
| Pokerville (historical) | 4.2 miles | 30 | |
| Fiddletown | 5.5 miles | 33 | |
| River Pines | 5.5 miles | 30 | |
| Drytown | 6.9 miles | 30 | |
| New Chicago | 7.1 miles | 30 | |
| Lower Rancheria (historical) | 7.2 miles | 30 | |
| Bunker Hill | 7.9 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 Enterprise | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5380258 | 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 1655999. 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.










