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Kingsville, California

32 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 95667. It stands on Gilmore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Placerville quadrangle. It stands 1,532 feet above sea level.

Kingsville 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 Kingsville, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Kingsville, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

1,015 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,015 fires within 5 miles of Kingsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,780 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 52 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
Equipment and vehicle use341
Missing data/not specified/undetermined329
Debris and open burning172
Misuse of fire by a minor59
Arson/incendiarism52
Smoking27
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks2
Other causes2

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSERVICE
9 September 2015Smokingunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBEALS RD GOLD_HILL
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitLODE 2
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitLINDBERG
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitHY 50 EB / FORNI OFF RAM
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1707
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictRANCHERIA
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 395 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 395 workings within 5 miles of Kingsville: 180 occurrences, 109 past producers, 103 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Chromium, Silver. 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
Cold Springs Sand and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Diamond Springs LiCalciumUnknown
MartinezGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Martinez Gold MineGold, ManganeseOccurrence1942
Placerite Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Placerville DistrictGold, PlatinumPast Producer1848
PyramidGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
Seven BellsCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein
Coon HollowSilicaOccurrence
Coon HollowSilicaUnknown

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
El Dorado1.5 miles34
Buckeye Flat (historical)2.0 miles32
Shingle Springs2.8 miles32
Bamom (historical)2.8 miles32
Deer Park2.8 miles34
Frenchtown3.1 miles32
Perks Corner3.1 miles34
Logtown3.3 miles34

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 Q6413693The 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 252714. 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.