La Grange, California
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hughson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95329. It lies near Indian Hill. The Survey maps it on the La Grange quadrangle. 166 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 249 feet above sea level.
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Then and now
1893 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in La Grange
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 9 records
Gold Dredgelisted 1971
Kingen Hotellisted 1979
Louie's Placelisted 1979
Odd Fellows Halllisted 1979
Old Adobe Barnlisted 1979
Old La Grange Schoolhouselisted 1979
Shell Gas Stationlisted 1979
St. Louis Catholic Churchlisted 1979
Stage Stoplisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 32 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
- 1915 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000
- 1919 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Merced Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Merced Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Merced Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
266 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of La Grange between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,228 acres in total. 3 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 | 132 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 76 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 19 |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | YOSEMITE |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HOOVER |
| 5 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LAKE |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HWY 132 STANISLAUS_COUN |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | RIVER |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | DAWSON LAKE |
| 29 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HOUSEBOAT YARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of La Grange: 8 producers, 6 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 3 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Platinum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chepraco | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Kraftile Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| La Grange | Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| La Grange District | Gold, Silver, Platinum | Producer | 1850 | |
| La Grange Dredge No 4 | Gold, Osmium, Platinum, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mitchell | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Mitchell | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Oak Hill | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Crooker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| La Grange Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperstown | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Warnerville | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Paulsell | 12.6 miles | 14 | |
| Montpelier | 15.2 miles | 15 | |
| Knights Ferry | 15.4 miles | 19 | |
| Hickman | 15.6 miles | 19 | |
| Waterford | 15.8 miles | 16 | |
| Arnold (historical) | 16.3 miles | 19 |
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 Grange | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6462871 | 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 226726. 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.














