Gold Trail Park, California
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Placerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95667. It stands on Hangtown Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garden Valley quadrangle. It stands 1,729 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 32 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 Garden Valley quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Garden Valley 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
957 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 957 fires within 5 miles of Gold Trail Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,420 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 64 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 | 326 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 253 |
| Debris and open burning | 200 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 42 |
| Smoking | 31 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BOOT |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | SERVICE |
| 9 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | BOEGER WINERY PLACERVILLE |
| 9 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | BEALS RD GOLD_HILL |
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | LINDBERG |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | HY 50 EB / FORNI OFF RAM |
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1707 |
| 9 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central California District | COLOMA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 584 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 584 workings within 5 miles of Gold Trail Park: 301 occurrences, 139 unknowns, 133 past producers, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Slate, Dimension, Chromium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Springs Li | Calcium | Unknown | ||
| Funny Bug | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Molybdenum, Lead | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Funny Bug Pendelco | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Oregon | Gold, Arsenic, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Pacific Quartz | Gold, Arsenic, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Placerville District | Gold, Platinum | Past Producer | 1848 | |
| Seven Bells | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Stuckslager Strucklager | Gold, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Division of Highways | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Irland | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Placerville | 1.0 miles | 32 | |
| Cold Springs | 1.3 miles | 34 | |
| Chili Bar | 1.8 miles | 32 | |
| Gold Hill | 1.9 miles | 34 | |
| Apex | 2.3 miles | 34 | |
| Perks Corner | 2.9 miles | 34 | |
| Indak (historical) | 3.1 miles | 34 | |
| Placerville | 3.2 miles | 34 |
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 Q5578893 | 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 1733837. 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.










