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La Cresta Village, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95762. The Survey maps it on the Clarksville quadrangle. It stands 932 feet above sea level.

La Cresta Village within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of La Cresta Village, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of La Cresta Village, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

779 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 779 fires within 5 miles of La Cresta Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,851 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 58 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/undetermined294
Equipment and vehicle use270
Debris and open burning60
Arson/incendiarism58
Misuse of fire by a minor43
Smoking27
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitWYCLIFFE WY EL_DORADO_HI
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitGREEN
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitRITE
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBASS
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unit50
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSCOTT
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBASS
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of La Cresta Village: 30 occurrences, 15 past producers, 7 producers, 5 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Iron. 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
Marble Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pilot KnobSilver, GoldOccurrence
Joerger MineChromium, IronPast Producer1918
RelianceIronOccurrence
Walker MineChromium, IronPast ProducerChromite
Walker MineChromium, IronPast Producer1917
KeablesGold, SilverPast Producer
Kiefe EstateGold, SilverPast Producer
Louis KlumpGold, SilverPast Producer
Pilot KnobGold, SilverPast ProducerGold, Silver

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
Ridgeview Village0.5 miles29
Park Village0.5 miles29
Crescent Ridge Village0.7 miles29
Springfield Meadows1.2 miles29
Oak Ridge Village1.2 miles29
El Dorado Hills1.6 miles29
Clarksville1.7 miles29
Stonegate Village1.8 miles29

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 La Cresta VillageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6462032The 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 1733910. 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.