Graniteville, California
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Nevada City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95959. It lies near Rocky Glen. The Survey maps it on the Graniteville quadrangle. 1 person lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,977 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 2000The same ground, surveyed 109 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 figuresGraniteville fell from 11 to 1 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 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 1 | -10 (-91%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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 Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1938 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Emigrant Gap quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Graniteville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 2000 USGS Graniteville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Graniteville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 806 acres in total. 40 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | LAKE 1 |
| 30 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Tahoe National Forest | GERMAN |
| 30 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Tahoe National Forest | SPANISH #2 |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | POOR |
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | CHERRY |
| 29 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | MURPHY |
| 28 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | CARR |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | POWERHOUSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 225 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 225 workings within 5 miles of Graniteville: 120 past producers, 64 occurrences, 29 unknowns, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancho Qtz | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Gaston Ridge | Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Gold | |
| German Bar | Gold, Platinum | Past Producer | 1851 | |
| Rocky Glen | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Galena, Gold | |
| Spanish | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Spanish Mine | Gold, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1883 | |
| Spanish Qtz. | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Twin Sisters | Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Arctic Group | Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Erie Con Lode | Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh Mill | 1.9 miles | 31 | |
| Shands (historical) | 2.4 miles | 33 | |
| Gaston | 3.2 miles | 31 | |
| Snow Point (historical) | 4.1 miles | 33 | |
| Dillon (historical) | 4.5 miles | 33 | |
| Orleans Flat | 5.1 miles | 33 | |
| Moores Flat | 6.1 miles | 33 | |
| Maybert (historical) | 6.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Graniteville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5595958 | 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 1658648. 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.












