New Chicago, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sutter Creek-Plymouth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95699. It lies near Snake Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Amador City quadrangle. It stands 948 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1889 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 104 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
14 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.
- 1889 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1941 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Amador City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
204 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of New Chicago between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,037 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 17 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 | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | CARBON |
| 9 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | PINE |
| 7 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | BUENA |
| 6 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central California District | SHAKERIDGE |
| 30 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | CREEK |
| 3 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central California District | VALLEY |
| 29 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.4 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | FIDDLETOWN |
| 29 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | FIDDLETOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 302 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 302 workings within 5 miles of New Chicago: 139 occurrences, 75 past producers, 61 prospects, 20 producers. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Ranch | Gold, PGE, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Ayers Charles | Flagstone, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Ayers, Charlers | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Bunker Hill | Gold, Iron | Past Producer | 1853 | |
| Central Eureka | Gold, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Producer | 1855 | |
| Del Porto Marble | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Keystone | Gold, Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1851 | |
| Mechanics | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Iron | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Pioneer | Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold | |
| Unnamed Location | Gemstone, Abrasive | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | 0.8 miles | 30 | |
| Lower Rancheria (historical) | 0.9 miles | 30 | |
| Drytown | 1.0 miles | 30 | |
| Amador City | 1.4 miles | 30 | |
| Plymouth | 3.1 miles | 30 | |
| Pokerville (historical) | 3.2 miles | 30 | |
| Sutter Creek | 3.5 miles | 30 | |
| Sutter Hill | 4.5 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 New Chicago | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14683473 | 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 1659214. 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.













