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Logtown, California

34 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 95623. It stands on Logtown Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Placerville quadrangle.

Logtown 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 Logtown, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Logtown, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 34 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

609 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 609 fires within 5 miles of Logtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,924 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 36 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 use211
Missing data/not specified/undetermined177
Debris and open burning104
Misuse of fire by a minor39
Arson/incendiarism36
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Natural11
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony5
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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIDGE
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 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1707
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitDOLOMITE
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFRENCH
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1706

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 345 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 345 workings within 5 miles of Logtown: 163 occurrences, 104 past producers, 77 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Talc-Soapstone, 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
Blue CatCopper, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
MartinezGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Martinez Gold MineGold, ManganeseOccurrence1942
Monarch - Sugar LoafGold, Copper, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
BernardMercuryUnknown
Bernard PropertyMercuryPast Producer1860
E. E. CopperCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
NoondayCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Double EManganeseOccurrence
Double EManganeseOccurrence

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
Frenchtown3.2 miles32
Kingsville3.3 miles32
El Dorado3.5 miles34
Nashville3.7 miles33
Deer Park3.8 miles34
Buckeye Flat (historical)4.1 miles32
Bamom (historical)4.5 miles32
Shingle Springs4.5 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2791306. 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.