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Frosts, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Lake Tahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96142. It stands on Rubicon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meeks Bay quadrangle. It stands 6,237 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Frosts within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Frosts (historical), surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Frosts (historical), surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 30 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Frosts (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 498 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 3 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 ceremony44
Natural38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Smoking16
Debris and open burning12
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism3

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 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitEIGHT
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitBUCK 2
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestVELMA
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitCASCADE
4 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionW LAKE BL NORTH_TAHOE_FD
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitEMERALD
30 September 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitGENERAL
3 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unit9TH AV MEEKS_BAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Frosts (historical): 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Silver. 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
CraigGold, SilverPast Producer
Mangatop ProspectManganeseProducer

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
Rubicon Properties1.1 miles30
Meeks Bay2.5 miles30
Emerald Bay2.8 miles35
Glenridge Park3.2 miles30
Pomins4.7 miles32
Kiva Beach5.0 miles35
Spring Creek5.4 miles35
Camp Richardson5.7 miles35

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 Frosts (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5506221The 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 1701132. 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.