Jacobsen, California
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It stands on Jacobsen Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Bunker Hill quadrangle. It stands 5,860 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1891 to 1977The same ground, surveyed 86 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
10 surveys from 33 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 Truckee quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1932 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:96000
- 1940 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Bunker Hill quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Granite Chief quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
201 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Jacobsen (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,790 acres in total. 76 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 76 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| 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 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | STONE |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,673 acres | Eldorado National Forest | FORK |
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | HARTLESS |
| 6 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | DRY |
| 6 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | MCKINSTRY |
| 5 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | PICNIC |
| 5 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | STONE |
| 5 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | RED BULL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jacobsen (historical): 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurrence | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Occurrence | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rubicon Springs (historical) | 7.3 miles | 32 | |
| Raffetto | 10.2 miles | 32 | |
| Jones Place | 10.8 miles | 30 | |
| Campana | 11.0 miles | 34 | |
| Leonardi | 11.7 miles | 34 | |
| Meeks Bay | 14.0 miles | 30 | |
| Glenridge Park | 14.1 miles | 30 | |
| Rubicon Properties | 14.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q6119791 | 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 1701133. 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.









