Groveland, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Groveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95321. It lies near Jones Hill. The Survey maps it on the Groveland quadrangle. 540 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,061 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
On record in Groveland
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Groveland Hotellisted 1994
Hotel Charlottelisted 1994
Watts & Tannahill Company Storelisted 1995
Population over time
2 figuresGroveland fell from 601 to 540 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 | 601 | |
| 2020 | 540 | -61 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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.
- 1893 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1898 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Groveland quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Tuolumne quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Groveland quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Groveland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
309 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 309 fires within 5 miles of Groveland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,951 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 25 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 | 110 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| 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 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | PML AIRPORT GROVELAND |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 134 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 26 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING#26 |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | PROVOST |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Central California District | MARSHES |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Central California District | RAILROAD |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | PRIEST #3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 156 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 156 workings within 5 miles of Groveland: 54 past producers, 50 occurrences, 18 producers, 17 unknowns. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Property | Asbestos | Prospect | ||
| Big Oak Flat No. 1 | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| Duleek Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| La Guria | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Mary Ellen | Gold, Antimony, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Pine Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Reported Occurance | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Reported Occurence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Group | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Groveland-Moccasin-Jacksonville | Gold, Silver | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Groveland in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 2 heavy rain, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2005 | Hail | Groveland | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Groveland | - | A photo on Twitter showed large hail in Groveland, estimated to be 1.25 in diameter. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Groveland | - | Tuolumne Public Works reported a culvert under Evergreen road at the Peach Growers Campground that got overwhelmed by the intensity of rainfall from a thunderstorm. |
| January 2000 | Heavy Rain | Groveland | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Oak Flat | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Second Garrotte | 2.1 miles | 30 | |
| Priest | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| Moccasin | 4.0 miles | 28 | |
| Buchanan | 5.8 miles | 29 | |
| Buckhorn Estates | 8.2 miles | 27 | |
| Tuolumne | 8.5 miles | 29 | |
| Tuolumne City | 8.6 miles | 29 |
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 Groveland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5611486 | 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 260968. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.












