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Meyers, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Lake Tahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96150. It stands on Angora Creek. The Survey maps it on the Echo Lake quadrangle. 2,163 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,352 feet above sea level.

Meyers within El Dorado County

Then and now

1889 to 1992

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 Meyers, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Meyers, surveyed 1889

Compare 1889 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 35 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

494 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 494 fires within 5 miles of Meyers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,274 acres in total. 107 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
Recreation and ceremony113
Natural107
Missing data/not specified/undetermined101
Smoking53
Arson/incendiarism36
Debris and open burning25
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Equipment and vehicle use18
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Fireworks5

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 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitTRUCKEE
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
8 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitPANARAMA
7 September 1994Smokingunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
5 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresLake Tahoe Basin Management 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 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Meyers: 5 occurrences, 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Stone, Copper, Molybdenum. 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
California Rock and GravelLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Mountain TopGold, Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, TungstenUnknown
Ne Section 3 ProspectCopper, MolybdenumOccurrenceVein
Unidentified WorkingsGold, SilverOccurrence
Anderson PitStoneOccurrence
Butler PitStoneOccurrence
Anderson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Butler PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gilmore Lake ProspectGoldOccurrence
Quarry 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in El Dorado County

Storms near this place

21 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meyers in 21 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 18 heavy rain, 2 hail, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2017FloodMeyers$1,000,000Heavy rain fell in areas with significant snow berms and blocked storm drains, resulting in substantial flooding to around 50 homes in the Meyers area. Some of the worst flood damage was seen on Nahane Dr and Wailaki St per a KCRA news article. The end time of the flooding is estimated. Damage estimates are also roughly estimated.
January 2023Heavy RainMeyers-COCORAHS Station (CA-ED-20) located 2.0 mi NW of Meyers, CA, reported 24 hour heavy rainfall totals of 8.32 inches during the period from 12/31/22 through 1/1/23.
October 2023Heavy RainMeyers-A mesonet station (RWBC1-Baron) located 1.0 mi WSW of Meyers, CA, reported a total rainfall amount of 0.57 inches.
November 2023Heavy RainMeyers-An ASOS station (KTVL-South Lake Tahoe Airport) located 3.0 mi N of Meyers, CA, reported a total rainfall amount of 0.68 inches.
November 2023Heavy RainMeyers-A mesonet station (FW7537-Fallen Leaf) located 4.0 mi WNW of Meyers, CA, a mesonet station (RWBC1-Baron) located 1 WSW of Meyers, CA, and a mesonet station (EW3758) located 1.0 mi NNE of Meyers, CA, reported rainfall storm totals of 1.11 inches, 0.93 inches, and 0.67 inches respectively.
December 2022Heavy RainMeyers-COCORAHS Station (CA-ED-20) located 2.0 mi NW of Meyers, CA, reported 24 hour heavy rainfall total of 8.32 inches during the period from 12/31/22 07:00 LST through 1/1/23 07:00 LST.
March 2021Heavy RainMeyers-Periods of heavy rain, with a rain/snow mix at times. 0.88 inches of rainfall.
December 2021Heavy RainMeyers-COCORAHS station (CA-ED-20) located 4.9 mi SW of South Lake Tahoe, CA (or 2.0 mi NW Meyers, CA) reported heavy rain amount of 1.8.
December 2021Heavy RainMeyers-Mesonet stations located at various locations around Meyers, CA reported heavy rain amounts ranging 2.0 to 3.0 from Fallen Leaf Lake to Lake Baron, CA.
March 2019Heavy RainMeyers-CoCoRaHS Station CA-ED-20, 1 mile northwest of Meyers reported 1.16 inches of rainfall over a 24 hour period from 27 March 0600 PST to 28 March 0600PST.
January 2019Heavy RainMeyers-Mesonet E3758 1 mile north-northeast of Meyers reported 1.67 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 16 January 0830PST to 17 January 0830PST. Mesonet elevation 6300 feet MSL.
December 2019Heavy RainMeyers-RAWS RWBC1 1 mile west-southwest of Meyers reported 2.15 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 6 December 1751PST to 8 December 1751PST at an elevation of 6336 feet MSL.
May 2019Heavy RainMeyers-Mesonet station RWBC1 in Meyers reported 0.81 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 15 May 0551PST to 16 May 0551PST. Mesonet elevation 6336 feet MSL.
March 2018Heavy RainMeyers-Mesonet station RWBC1 near Meyers reported 5.55 inches of storm total rainfall from 20 March 0651PST to 23 March 0651PST.
April 2018Heavy RainMeyers-Trained weather spotter 2 miles northwest of Meyers measured 2.25 inches of rainfall over a 24 hour period from 6 April 1037PST to 7 April 1037PST.
October 2018Heavy RainMeyers-A trained weather spotter located 2 miles northwest of Meyers reported 1 inch of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 3 October 0700PST to 4 October 0700PST.
October 2018Heavy RainMeyers-Mesonet RWBC1 near Meyers (elevation 6336 feet) reported 1.42 inches of rainfall over a 30-hour period from 3 October 0951PST to 4 October 1551PST.
October 2018Heavy RainMeyers-CoCoRaHS station CA-ED-20 1 mile northwest of Meyers reported 1 inch of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 3 October 0600PST to 4 October 0600PST.
July 2003Heavy RainMeyers-An inch of rain was measured by an automated weather station.
August 2000HailMeyers-Public reported 3/4 inch hail and 1/2 inch rain in 1/2 hour in Meyers, California.
August 2000HailMeyers-Public report of 3/4 inch hail in Meyers, California.

Every storm 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
Echo Lake2.2 miles35
Little Norway2.5 miles35
Nebelhorn3.3 miles35
Fallen Leaf3.7 miles35
Tahoe Valley4.0 miles35
Fountain Place4.2 miles31
Phillips4.3 miles35
Tallac Village4.6 miles35

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 MeyersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6826467The 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 1656163. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.