Outingdale, California
30 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 95684. It lies near Moco Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Aukum quadrangle. It stands 1,624 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
10 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.
- 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
- 1952 USGS Aukum quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Camino quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 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
378 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 378 fires within 5 miles of Outingdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 778 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 13 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 | 110 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 105 |
| Debris and open burning | 88 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 | 1.0 acres | Central California District | OMO |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING |
| 8 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | FAIRPLAY |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | SEABIRD |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GREGORY LN SOMERSET |
| 7 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.7 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ELDERBERRY |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central California District | MORNING |
| 4 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | TYLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 86 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 86 workings within 5 miles of Outingdale: 41 occurrences, 29 unknowns, 14 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Tungsten, Gold, 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 | |
| Crain | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Grand Victory | Gold, Antimony | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| E. E. Copper | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Noonday | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Bucks Bar | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Bucks Bar | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Williams Prospect | Tungsten | Occurrence | 1954 | |
| Williams Prospect | Tungsten | Occurrence | Pyrite, Scheelite | |
| Williams Prospect | Tungsten | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melsons Corner | 1.4 miles | 30 | |
| Somerset | 3.2 miles | 33 | |
| Fair Play | 4.0 miles | 30 | |
| Aukum | 4.1 miles | 30 | |
| Coyoteville | 5.0 miles | 30 | |
| Tiger Lily | 5.0 miles | 34 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 5.8 miles | 33 | |
| Avinsino Corner | 6.0 miles | 33 |
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 Outingdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7112086 | 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 1659324. 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.









