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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.

Grizzly Flat within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The 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 sheet of Grizzly Flat, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Grizzly Flat, surveyed 1891

Population over time

2 figures

Grizzly 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,066
20201,093+27 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 31 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

200 since 1992

Regional 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 burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Natural30
Equipment and vehicle use26
Recreation and ceremony15
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
8 September 1996Smokingunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBENNETT
4 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitHILLTOP
30 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestGLASS
3 September 2014Smoking4.1 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitCOSUMNES
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresEldorado National ForestGILBERTS
25 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEldorado National ForestTRESTLE
23 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictSQUIRREL
19 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGRIZZLY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 212 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ConsumnesCopper, Molybdenum, Gold, SilverPast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
CosumnesMolybdenum, Copper, GoldOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
CosumnesGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, MolybdenumPast Producer1859
CosumnesGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Cosumnes Copper MineCopper, Molybdenum, Silver, GoldUnknown
Cosumnes Melton, Middle EndLead, Silver, Gold, CopperProducer
Cosumnes MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverUnknown
Eagle KingGold, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Golden TraceGold, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
MoreyGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerGold

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
Grizzly Peak0.9 miles31
Gilberts1.8 miles34
Happy Valley3.7 miles31
Omo Ranch4.5 miles30
Bonetti4.7 miles34
Sweeneys Crossing5.3 miles31
Caldor5.4 miles30
Croft6.2 miles30

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 FlatAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5609801The 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.