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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.

Outingdale 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 Outingdale, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Outingdale, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 30 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

378 since 1992

Regional 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 use110
Missing data/not specified/undetermined105
Debris and open burning88
Natural21
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking5
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictOMO
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitFAIRPLAY
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSEABIRD
7 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGREGORY LN SOMERSET
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use3.7 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionELDERBERRY
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral California DistrictMORNING
4 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictTYLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 86 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue CatCopper, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
CrainGold, SilverPast Producer
Grand VictoryGold, AntimonyPast ProducerSurface/Underground
E. E. CopperCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
NoondayCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Bucks BarTungstenOccurrence
Bucks BarTungstenOccurrence
Williams ProspectTungstenOccurrence1954
Williams ProspectTungstenOccurrencePyrite, Scheelite
Williams ProspectTungstenUnknown

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
Melsons Corner1.4 miles30
Somerset3.2 miles33
Fair Play4.0 miles30
Aukum4.1 miles30
Coyoteville5.0 miles30
Tiger Lily5.0 miles34
Pleasant Valley5.8 miles33
Avinsino Corner6.0 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.

Wikipedia article on OutingdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7112086The 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.