Pacific, California

31 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 95726. It lies near Brockliss Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Pollock Pines quadrangle. It stands 3,396 feet above sea level.

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Pacific 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 Pacific, surveyed 1976

Topographic sheet of Pacific, 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.

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
1950 USGS Pollock Pines quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1950 USGS Saddle Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 5 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

336 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 336 fires within 5 miles of Pacific between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,361 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined	91
Debris and open burning	73
Recreation and ceremony	71
Equipment and vehicle use	35
Natural	25
Arson/incendiarism	20
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Smoking	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Fireworks	1
Other causes	1

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 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Eldorado National Forest	SNOW
9 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.4 acres	Eldorado National Forest	MORMON 2
9 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Eldorado National Forest	BALTIC
9 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Amador-El Dorado Unit	LOCH
9 September 1994	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Amador-El Dorado Unit	PLUM
9 September 1992	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Amador-El Dorado Unit	PLUM
9 September 1992	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Eldorado National Forest	not named
9 September 1992	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Eldorado National Forest	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Pacific: 10 occurrences, 8 unknowns, 4 past producers, 2 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold	Unknown
Hazel Creek	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Pacific House	Gold, Tungsten	Occurrence
Pacific House	Tungsten, Gold	Unknown
Plum Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown	Stone	Occurrence
Unnamed Quarry	Stone	Unknown
Baltic	Gold	Past Producer	Gold
Baltic	Gold	Unknown
Baltic	Gold	Occurrence

Every working recorded in El Dorado County

Storms near this place

30 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pacific in 30 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 28 heavy rain, 1 debris flow, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
February 2017	Debris Flow	Pacific	$6,500,000	A large sinkhole on US50 near Bridal Veil Falls Rd. closed the westbound lanes. The damage remained through the spring and requires large scale repairs, with four lanes of the road have been reduced to two, one lane in each direction.\|Crews demolished the westbound lanes, and stabilized the slope down to the river and and began erecting a retaining wall that will hold up the new westbound lanes.\|The process will likely take several months and could cost an estimated $6.5 million.
December 2023	Flood	Pacific	-	CHP reported Mud/Dirt/Rock starting to come downhill and cross the roadway, US50/Bridal Veil Falls, eastbound.
January 2017	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There was a 24 hour total of 4.25 of rain in Pacific House, with an 8 day total of 13.89.
January 2017	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There was 2.20 of rain measured over 24 hours near Big Bend Summit, with a 9 day total of 16.19.
January 2017	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There were 4.16 inches of rain measured 4 NE Big Bend Summit, with a 10 day total of 20.35.
January 2017	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There was 2.40 inches of rain measured over 24 hours in Pacific House, 4.56 inches storm total, over 3 days.
January 2017	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There was 1.68 of rain measured over 8 hours at Pacific House.
February 2017	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There were 0.34 of rain measured over 24 hours.
February 2017	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There were 1.76 of rain measured at Pacific House between 0700-1600.
February 2017	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There were 3.65 measured over 24 hours at Pacific House.
February 2017	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There were 1.25 of rain measured over 24 hours in Pacific House from 0700-1400.
January 2016	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There were 0.55 inches measured over 24 hours at Pacific House.
January 2016	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There was a 24 hour total of 4.11 inches of rain at Pacific House.
March 2016	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	Pacific House spotter reported 3.14 inches of rain over 2 days (36 hours) creek running dirty and high, but within it's banks.
October 2016	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There were 2.83 inches of rain measured, 24 hour total. The storm total was 4.23 inches total.
October 2016	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There were 2.42 inches of rain measured, 24 hour total.
October 2016	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There were 1.40 inches measured, 24 hour total.
October 2016	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There were 3.32 inches of rain measured, 9 hour total.
October 2016	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There were 4.17 inches measured over 24 hours, 6.33 inches storm total.
October 2016	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There were 2.92 inches measured, total 7AM-4PM.
October 2016	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There were 1.91 inches, 24 hour total.
June 2015	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	Total rain over 24 hours was 1.40 inches, with a 2 day total of 1.62 inches.
June 2015	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	Very heavy rain, over one inch in an hour.
February 2015	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There was 7.87 inches of rain (storm total) which was measured over a period of 3 days.
April 2015	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	Heavy rain reported, 1.57 inches storm total.
October 2015	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	Rainfall measurement of 1.16 inches from 700 am PST until 4 pm.
November 2015	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There was a 24 hour total of 1.30 inches of rain, snowfall 0.7 inches at Pacific House.
November 2015	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There was 1.22 inches of rain reported by spotter Pacific House, 24 hour total. New snow depth of 1 inch.
December 2015	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There was 4.98 inches of rain measured over 24 hours at Pacific House.
December 2015	Heavy Rain	Pacific	-	There was 1.17 inches of rain measured between 7 am and 4 pm.

Every storm 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fresh Pond	1.2 miles	31
Van Vleck	1.3 miles	31
Spring Valley	1.7 miles	31
Ditch Camp Five	2.2 miles	31
Short Place	2.2 miles	32
McManus	3.0 miles	31
Riverton	3.2 miles	32
Gold Ridge	3.3 miles	31

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 Pacific	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7122253	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 1659331. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.