Kyburz, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95720. It lies near Sugarloaf. The Survey maps it on the Kyburz quadrangle. It stands 4,058 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1889 to 1976The same ground, surveyed 87 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
11 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.
- 1889 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Kyburz quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Robbs Peak quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 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
167 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Kyburz between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,629 acres in total. 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 47 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | OWEN |
| 3 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | 52 |
| 3 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | KYBURZ |
| 3 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Eldorado National Forest | FREDS |
| 29 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | CREEK |
| 28 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | TIE |
| 27 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | SILVER 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kyburz: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
32 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kyburz in 32 storm reports between 2015 and 2017: 30 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Debris Flow | Kyburz | $20,000 | CalTrans reported a mud/rock slide on Highway 50, which closed westbound lanes. |
| January 2017 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There was 4.29 inches of rain measured over 24 hours, 4 miles east of Kyburz. |
| January 2017 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There was 1.73 inches of rain measured over 24 hours, 4 miles east of Kyburz. |
| January 2017 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There was 1.55 of heavy rain measured over 24 hours in Kyburz. |
| February 2017 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There were 0.35 of rain measured over 24 hours. |
| February 2017 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There were 1.36 of rain measured over 24 hours. |
| February 2017 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There were 0.84 of rain measured over 24 hours. |
| February 2017 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There were 1.23 of rain measured over 24 hours at Pacific House. |
| March 2017 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There was 0.79 inches of rain measured over 24 hours. |
| February 2017 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There were 1.49 of rain measured at Kyburz, 24 hour total. |
| January 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There were 1.51 inches of rain measured at Pacific House over 24 hours. |
| January 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There was a 24 hour total of 2.41 inches of rain at kyburz. |
| January 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There was a 24 hour total of 1.06 inches of rain at Kyburz. |
| March 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | Spotter reported 2.03 inches of rain in 36 hours. The location also received 2 inches of slushy wet snow in the early morning hours of the March 22. |
| March 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | Spotter measured 1.6 inches in 24 hours. |
| May 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There was a 4 hour total of 1.17 inches of rain. There was also small hail around 1 pm. |
| December 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | A trained spotter at Kyburz reported 2.02 over 24 hours. |
| December 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | A trained spotter in Kyburz reported heavy rain, 0.62 over 24 hours. |
| October 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There were 1.83 inches of rain, 24 hour total. |
| October 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There were 1.06 inches measured over 24 hours. |
| October 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There were 1.46 inches of rain measured, 24 hour total. |
| October 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There were 3.51 inches measured over 24 hours. |
| October 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There were 1.50 inches measured, 24 hour report. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | Almost 2 inches of rain fell over 2 hours, from 11 am to about 1:30 pm PDT. Also, small hail 3/8 inch in diameter accumulated to several inches deep. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There was a 24 hour total of 2.85 inches of rain, with 1.96 inches through 4 pm PDT Thursday, with an additional 0.89 inches through 7 am this morning. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Kyburz | - | Hail covering the ground, some hail stones as large as pennies. |
| February 2015 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | Very heavy rain fell over 1.5 hours. |
| February 2015 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There was 3.31 inches of rain measured over a period of 24 hours. |
| April 2015 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | Spotter reported 1.62 inches of rain over the last 24 hours.There were 0.30 inches of rain within the last hour, with some snow mixed in. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | Heavy rain was reported by a weather spotter. |
| November 2015 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There was 0.79 inches of rain, which was briefly heavy. This is the 24 hour total. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Kyburz | - | There was 3.22 inches of rainfall measured over 24 hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Forni | 4.1 miles | 35 | |
| Morrison | 4.7 miles | 28 | |
| White Hall | 5.7 miles | 32 | |
| Darlington | 6.4 miles | 34 | |
| Jones Place | 6.5 miles | 30 | |
| Pilliken | 6.8 miles | 28 | |
| Griminger | 7.1 miles | 34 | |
| Upper Forni | 7.4 miles | 35 |
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 Kyburz | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12061063 | 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 262249. 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.










