Nashville, California
33 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 East Big Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fiddletown quadrangle. It stands 863 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1976The 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 sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 33 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 Placerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Fiddletown quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Fiddletown quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1976 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
239 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Nashville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,739 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 19 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 use | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | RIDGE |
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Central California District | 49 |
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | DOLOMITE |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | FRENCH |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | SAND |
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central California District | DOLOMITE |
| 4 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Central California District | UNION |
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | W CHINA HILL RD EL_DORAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 304 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 304 workings within 5 miles of Nashville: 144 occurrences, 87 past producers, 54 unknowns, 17 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Cat | Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Brandon | Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Martinez | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Martinez Gold Mine | Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | 1942 | |
| Monarch - Sugar Loaf | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Bernard | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Bernard Property | Mercury | Past Producer | 1860 | |
| Brandon | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Brandon | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Brandon | Talc-Soapstone | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logtown | 3.7 miles | 34 | |
| Brandon Corner | 4.8 miles | 32 | |
| Frenchtown | 5.6 miles | 32 | |
| Shrub | 5.9 miles | 32 | |
| Dugan | 6.3 miles | 32 | |
| Flonellis | 6.4 miles | 32 | |
| Brela | 6.4 miles | 32 | |
| Aukum | 6.5 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.
| Wikipedia article on Nashville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6966925 | 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 1656185. 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.










