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North Placerville, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Placerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95667. It lies near Big Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Garden Valley quadrangle. It stands 1,811 feet above sea level.

North Placerville within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The 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 sheet of North Placerville, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of North Placerville, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

875 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 875 fires within 5 miles of North Placerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,224 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 64 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/undetermined312
Equipment and vehicle use207
Debris and open burning190
Arson/incendiarism64
Misuse of fire by a minor37
Smoking29
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony9
Other causes2
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 ProtectionBOOT
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSERVICE
9 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBOEGER WINERY PLACERVILLE
9 September 2015Smokingunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBEALS RD GOLD_HILL
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitLINDBERG
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitHY 50 EB / FORNI OFF RAM
9 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1971
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictCOLOMA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 652 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 652 workings within 5 miles of North Placerville: 345 occurrences, 166 unknowns, 130 past producers, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Slate, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cold Springs Sand and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Diamond Springs LiCalciumUnknown
Funny BugGold, Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Molybdenum, LeadPast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Funny Bug PendelcoGold, CopperOccurrence
OregonGold, Arsenic, LeadOccurrence
Pacific QuartzGold, Arsenic, SilverUnknown
Placerville DistrictGold, PlatinumPast Producer1848
Seven BellsCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein
UnknownGemstoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAbrasiveUnknown

Every working 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
Gold Trail Park1.0 miles32
Chili Bar1.0 miles32
Apex2.0 miles34
Cold Springs2.2 miles34
Indak (historical)2.4 miles34
Placerville2.5 miles34
Gold Hill2.8 miles34
Perks Corner3.0 miles34

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 PlacervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7056339The 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 1733859. 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.