Gold River, California
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Rancho Cordova census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95670. It stands on Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Folsom quadrangle. 7,844 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 121 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1994The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresGold River fell from 7,912 to 7,844 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,912 | |
| 2020 | 7,844 | -68 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 31 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 Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1893 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1914 USGS Folsom quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Folsom quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Folsom quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Folsom quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Folsom quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Folsom quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
369 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 369 fires within 5 miles of Gold River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 866 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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/undetermined | 271 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | GLORY |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Gold River: 17 past producers, 13 producers, 6 occurrences, 1 unknown. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Platinum, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folsom | Gold, Iridium, Osmium, Platinum | Past Producer | 1848, 1860, 1962 | |
| Mississippi Bar Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| American River Area | Gold, Platinum, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Capital Dredging Co. | Gold, Silver, Platinum | Past Producer | ||
| Folsom District | Gold, Silver, Platinum | Producer | 1849 | |
| Natomas Co. | Gold, Platinum, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Folsom | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Prarie City | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Rossi Ground | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salsbury (historical) | 0.9 miles | 35 | |
| Fairoaks Bridge (historical) | 1.0 miles | 35 | |
| Nimbus | 1.7 miles | 31 | |
| Citrus | 1.7 miles | 35 | |
| Fair Oaks | 1.9 miles | 35 | |
| Easton Place | 1.9 miles | 31 | |
| Soudan | 2.3 miles | 35 | |
| Alder Creek | 2.5 miles | 31 |
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 Gold River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q629530 | 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 1853391. 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.













