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Five Mile Terrace, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95667. It lies near Fruit Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Camino quadrangle. It stands 2,933 feet above sea level.

Five Mile Terrace within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The 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 sheet of Five Mile Terrace, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Five Mile Terrace, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 33 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

690 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 690 fires within 5 miles of Five Mile Terrace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,800 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined233
Debris and open burning214
Equipment and vehicle use139
Arson/incendiarism31
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Smoking20
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony6
Other causes3
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 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBOEGER WINERY PLACERVILLE
9 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1971
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitGATLIN
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado Unit25 ECF SACRAMENTO ST PLAC
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitMHER-MARSHALL HOSPITAL PL
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitMHER-MARSHALL HOSPITAL 2
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitRED APPLE CAFE CAMINO
8 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPARKER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 438 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 438 workings within 5 miles of Five Mile Terrace: 230 occurrences, 142 unknowns, 55 past producers, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Volcanic Materials. 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
Old Gravel MineGermaniumUnknown
OregonGold, Arsenic, LeadOccurrence
Pacific QuartzGold, Arsenic, SilverUnknown
Placerville PlacersGold, SilverProducerPlacer
UnknownGemstoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAbrasiveUnknown
Williams ProspectTungstenOccurrencePyrite, Scheelite
BakerCopperOccurrence
BakerCopperUnknown
Camino Rock CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Camino Heights0.4 miles33
Motor City1.5 miles33
Old Fort Jim1.9 miles33
Camino2.0 miles33
Smithflat2.3 miles34
Newtown2.9 miles33
Cedar Grove3.0 miles33
Rancho del Sol3.4 miles33

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 Q5456023The 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 1658543. 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.