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Lucerne, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Lucerne-Clearlake Oaks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95458. It stands on Morrison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lucerne quadrangle. 3,266 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,329 feet above sea level.

Lucerne within Lake County

Then and now

1938 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lucerne, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Lucerne, surveyed 1938

Compare 1938 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Lucerne grew from 3,067 to 3,266 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,067
20203,266+199 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

200 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Lucerne between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,830 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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/undetermined84
Equipment and vehicle use38
Arson/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning18
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFOOTHILL
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSPRINGE
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFLOYD
7 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPHILLIPS
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBRUNER
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPANORAMIC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lucerne: 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Mercury, Asbestos, Chromium. 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
Ellis RanchChromiumOccurrenceChromite
UnknownAsbestosOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAluminumProspect
Cooper and Moore DepositManganeseOccurrence
Last ChanceManganeseProducer
UtopiaMercuryPast ProducerCinnabar
Utopia MineMercuryUnknown

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Pepperwood Grove2.4 miles21
Nice3.6 miles21
Rose Place5.3 miles22
Glenhaven5.5 miles21
Buckingham Park5.5 miles21
Soda Bay6.2 miles21
Kaci-badon (historical)7.1 miles22
Lakeport7.1 miles22

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 LucerneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3316662The 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 277551. 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.