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North Auburn, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Auburn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95603. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle. 13,452 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,470 feet above sea level.

North Auburn within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

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 North Auburn, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of North Auburn, surveyed 1891

Population over time

3 figures

North Auburn grew from 11,847 to 13,452 between 2000 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
200011,847
201013,022+1,175 (+10%)
202013,452+430 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 33 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

1,190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,190 fires within 5 miles of North Auburn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,619 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 70 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/undetermined523
Equipment and vehicle use334
Debris and open burning158
Arson/incendiarism70
Smoking32
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Power generation/transmission/distribution26
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5
Firearms and explosives use1
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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGERRY
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionEDGEWOOD
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSHAWNEE
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAUBURN
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAIRPORT
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMEARS
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitLINE
9 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCEADER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 253 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 253 workings within 5 miles of North Auburn: 86 past producers, 83 unknowns, 69 occurrences, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
BoothGold, Copper, Silver, LeadOccurrence
Chevreaux Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cool-Cave Valley QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Coulton Lime and Stone-Auburn PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Davenport DepositSilicaOccurrence
Eclipse ConsolidatedGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincUnknown
Eclipse ConsolidatedGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerArgentite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gold BlossomGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Golden StagGold, Silver, MolybdenumPast ProducerGold, Molybdenite
Green Point Mercury and Uranium PspMercury, UraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Placer 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
Millertown (historical)1.5 miles33
Bowman2.0 miles33
Elders Corner2.0 miles33
Auburn2.4 miles33
Nielsburg3.1 miles33
Ophir3.5 miles33
Clipper Gap4.3 miles33
Newcastle4.8 miles28

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 North AuburnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1459504The 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 1867045. 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.