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Rancho Murieta, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sloughhouse census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95683. It stands on Arkansas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Folsom SE quadrangle. 5,903 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 167 feet above sea level.

Rancho Murieta within Sacramento County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rancho Murieta, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Rancho Murieta, surveyed 1891

Population over time

2 figures

Rancho Murieta grew from 5,488 to 5,903 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20105,488
20205,903+415 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

212 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Murieta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,706 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined92
Equipment and vehicle use66
Arson/incendiarism31
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural6
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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 1999Natural8.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitIONE
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitMICHIGAN
7 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSIXTEEN
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitINDIO
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitDILLARD
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitMICHIGAN
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined172 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitLATROBE
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined171 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Rancho Murieta: 13 producers, 11 occurrences, 10 past producers, 2 unknowns. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
AgaraCopperOccurrence
Michigan BarGold, Platinum, Iridium, OsmiumProducerStream Placer
Michigan BarGold, PGEUnknown
Michigan Bar DistrictGold, Silver, PGEPast Producer1850
Mountain Gold Dredging Co.Gold, SilverProducerPlacer
Clay PitsClayUnknown
Lower Bradford PitClayProducer
Mcdonnell PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Michigan Bar PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Van Vleck PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer

Every working recorded in Sacramento 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
Live Oak1.6 miles25
Michigan Bar (historical)3.0 miles25
Cosumne4.3 miles22
Walltown5.0 miles27
Sloughhouse5.3 miles22
Malby Crossing7.8 miles27
White Rock8.6 miles29
Glenborough10.0 miles31

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 Rancho MurietaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2313069The 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 1820537. 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.