Grizzly Flat, California
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95636. It stands on Grizzly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sly Park quadrangle. 1,093 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,868 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.


Population over time
2 figuresGrizzly Flat grew from 1,066 to 1,093 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 | 1,066 | |
| 2020 | 1,093 | +27 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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 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
- 1952 USGS Camino quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Sly Park quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Sly Park 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
200 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Grizzly Flat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 301 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | BENNETT |
| 4 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | HILLTOP |
| 30 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | GLASS |
| 3 September 2014 | Smoking | 4.1 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | COSUMNES |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Eldorado National Forest | GILBERTS |
| 25 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | TRESTLE |
| 23 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | SQUIRREL |
| 19 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GRIZZLY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 212 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 212 workings within 5 miles of Grizzly Flat: 90 occurrences, 72 unknowns, 47 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumnes | Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite | |
| Cosumnes | Molybdenum, Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite | |
| Cosumnes | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1859 | |
| Cosumnes | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Cosumnes Copper Mine | Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Cosumnes Melton, Middle End | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Producer | ||
| Cosumnes Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Eagle King | Gold, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Golden Trace | Gold, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Morey | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Gold |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grizzly Peak | 0.9 miles | 31 | |
| Gilberts | 1.8 miles | 34 | |
| Happy Valley | 3.7 miles | 31 | |
| Omo Ranch | 4.5 miles | 30 | |
| Bonetti | 4.7 miles | 34 | |
| Sweeneys Crossing | 5.3 miles | 31 | |
| Caldor | 5.4 miles | 30 | |
| Croft | 6.2 miles | 30 |
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 Grizzly Flat | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5609801 | 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 1658675. 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.










