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Old Pino, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It lies near Water Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Slate Mountain quadrangle. It stands 3,156 feet above sea level.

Old Pino 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 Old Pino, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Old Pino, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 31 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

228 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Old Pino between 1992 and 2020, burning about 99,112 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined75
Debris and open burning67
Equipment and vehicle use25
Natural24
Recreation and ceremony14
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes2
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictBADGER
9 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestMOON
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestSAND
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitFOREBAY
26 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitMOSQUITO
25 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitNORTH
24 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFOREBAY
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestPOHO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Old Pino: 18 occurrences, 13 unknowns, 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium. 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
R. S. T. ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
R.S.T. ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Slate Mountain MineGold, UraniumUnknown
Badger HillGoldOccurrence
Badger Hill MineGoldUnknown
Bret HarteGoldPast ProducerGold
Bret HarteGoldUnknown
Bret Harte Safeguard No. 1GoldOccurrence
Gaddis CreekGoldOccurrencePlacer
Gaddis CreekGoldUnknown

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
Deer View2.1 miles31
Soapweed2.3 miles31
Claussenius2.6 miles31
Fairbanks3.5 miles31
Pino Grande3.8 miles31
Mosquito (historical)4.6 miles31
Pollock Pines5.1 miles31
Cedar Grove5.1 miles33

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.

Wikidata item Q14683557The 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 1659294. 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.