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Pomins, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Lake Tahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96142. It stands on dukMéʔem wáťa. The Survey maps it on the Homewood quadrangle. It stands 6,260 feet above sea level.

Pomins within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pomins, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Pomins, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

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

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Pomins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 263 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Natural21
Smoking13
Debris and open burning12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitANN
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitMCKINNEY
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitBUCK 2
4 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitBLACKWOOD
4 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionW LAKE BL NORTH_TAHOE_FD
30 September 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitGENERAL
3 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unit9TH AV MEEKS_BAY
28 September 2006Smokingunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pomins: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Manganese. 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
CraigGold, SilverPast Producer
Mangatop ProspectManganeseProducer
Tahoe Treasure ProspectGold, Copper, ArsenicPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Tahoe Treasure ProspectGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in El Dorado County

Storms near this place

11 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pomins in 11 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 11 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2025Heavy RainPomins-A CO-OP observer station (TAAC1 Tahoma) located in Tahoma, CA, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 1.48 inches.
February 2025Heavy RainPomins-A CO-OP observer (TAAC1 Tahoma) located in Tahoma, CA, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 1.31 inches.
December 2024Heavy RainPomins-A CO-OP observer (TAAC1 Tahoma) located in Tahoma, CA, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 0.62 inches.
November 2024Heavy RainPomins-A CO-OP Observer located at Tahoma(TAAC1), CA, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 0.74 inches.
March 2019Heavy RainPomins-A CO-OP Observer in Tahoma reported 1.27 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 27 March 0600PST to 28 March 0600PST. Observer elevation 6315 feet MSL.
December 2019Heavy RainPomins-CO-OP Observer station TAAC1 in Tahoma reported 1.98 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 6 December 0700PST to 8 December 0700PST at an elevation of 6315 feet MSL.
May 2019Heavy RainPomins-CoCoRaHS Station CA-ED-9, 1 mile south of Tahoma reported 0.72 inches of rainfall over a 24 hour period from 15 May 0500PST to 16 May 0500PST.
October 2018Heavy RainPomins-CO-OP Observer station TAAC1 near Tahoma reported 0.89 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 3 October 0600PST to 4 October 0600PST.
October 2018Heavy RainPomins-Mesonet HDMC1 near Homewood (elevation 7121 feet) reported 1.46 inches of rainfall in a 27-hour period from 3 October 1119PST to 4 October 1419PST.
October 2018Heavy RainPomins-CoCoRaHS station CA-ED-9 near Sugar Pine Point reported 0.89 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 3 October 0600PST to 4 October 0600PST.
November 2018Heavy RainPomins-CO-OP Observer TAAC1, Tahoma, reported 0.87 inches of heavy rain from 21 November 1000PST to 22 November 0700PST.

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Glenridge Park1.5 miles30
Meeks Bay2.2 miles30
Rubicon Properties3.7 miles30
Frosts (historical)4.7 miles30
Rubicon Springs (historical)7.3 miles32
Emerald Bay7.5 miles35
Kiva Beach9.6 miles35
Spring Creek10.0 miles35

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 Q7227334The 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 1701134. 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.