Lilac Terrace, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95383. The Survey maps it on the Twain Harte quadrangle.
Then and now
1891 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 110 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
12 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.
- 1891 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Long Barn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Twain Harte quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Twain Harte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
703 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 703 fires within 5 miles of Lilac Terrace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 942 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 42 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 | 241 |
| Debris and open burning | 195 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 108 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | TUOLUMNE |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 32 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | LEWIS |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | LIZZY 1 |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | OAK |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | CAYLOR |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | COMMUNITY DR TUOLUMNE_CO |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LAKEVIEW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 191 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 191 workings within 5 miles of Lilac Terrace: 76 occurrences, 48 past producers, 33 producers, 20 unknowns. 33 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleview | Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| East Belt-Soulsbyville-Toulumne | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Hazel Dell | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Henning | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Louisiana Group | Gold, Lead, Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Mildred Lloyd | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Morning Glory | Gold, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| New Mamoth | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Phoenix Lake Granite Company | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Sivori and Lucky Strike Group | Tungsten, Gold | Occurrence | Scheelite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Pines Vista | 0.5 miles | 30 | |
| Sherwood Forest | 0.5 miles | 30 | |
| Black Oak Estates | 0.6 miles | 30 | |
| Twain Harte | 0.7 miles | 30 | |
| Cedar Rock Lodge | 0.9 miles | 30 | |
| Lynnwood Estates | 1.0 miles | 30 | |
| Goldmont Forest | 1.0 miles | 34 | |
| Brentwood Park | 1.2 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 Q122542533 | 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 1809401. 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.











