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Rescue, California

32 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 95672. It stands on White Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shingle Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,214 feet above sea level.

Rescue 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 Rescue, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Rescue, surveyed 1891

On record in Rescue

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

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

1,121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,121 fires within 5 miles of Rescue between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,507 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 76 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 use383
Missing data/not specified/undetermined380
Debris and open burning151
Arson/incendiarism76
Misuse of fire by a minor63
Smoking24
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural9
Other causes8
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 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionNEUMANN
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBOOT
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unit50
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitLODE 2
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitTANGLEWOOD
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictRANCHERIA
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitRITE
9 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCIMMARON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 218 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 218 workings within 5 miles of Rescue: 99 occurrences, 61 unknowns, 54 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Copper. 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
Drumlummon ClaimCopper, Silver, ZincProspect
Funny BugGold, Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Molybdenum, LeadPast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Funny Bug PendelcoGold, CopperOccurrence
IrlandCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Pilot KnobSilver, GoldOccurrence
Cold Springs Sand and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Foothill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
RelianceIronOccurrence
RelianceIronUnknown
Weber QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in El Dorado County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rescue in 1 storm report in 2020: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020FloodRescue-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding between Green Valley Rd and Lotus Rd near Rescue.

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
Mariemont0.6 miles32
Jayhawk1.6 miles32
Skinners2.5 miles32
Cameron Airpark Estates2.9 miles32
Shingle Springs3.4 miles32
Bamom (historical)3.5 miles32
Cameron Park3.5 miles32
Buckeye Flat (historical)3.6 miles32

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 RescueAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7314960The 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 231497. 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.