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.
Then and now
1891 to 1976The 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.


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
- Jacob Zentgraf Houselisted 2025
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 32 printed sheetsMatched 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
- 1949 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Shingle Springs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Shingle Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 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
1,121 since 1992Regional 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 use | 383 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 380 |
| Debris and open burning | 151 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 76 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 63 |
| Smoking | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Fireworks | 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 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | NEUMANN |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BOOT |
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | 50 |
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | LODE 2 |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | TANGLEWOOD |
| 9 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | RANCHERIA |
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | RITE |
| 9 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | CIMMARON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 218 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumlummon Claim | Copper, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Funny Bug | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Molybdenum, Lead | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Funny Bug Pendelco | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Irland | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Pilot Knob | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Cold Springs Sand and Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Foothill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Reliance | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Reliance | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Weber Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Flood | Rescue | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding between Green Valley Rd and Lotus Rd near Rescue. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariemont | 0.6 miles | 32 | |
| Jayhawk | 1.6 miles | 32 | |
| Skinners | 2.5 miles | 32 | |
| Cameron Airpark Estates | 2.9 miles | 32 | |
| Shingle Springs | 3.4 miles | 32 | |
| Bamom (historical) | 3.5 miles | 32 | |
| Cameron Park | 3.5 miles | 32 | |
| Buckeye Flat (historical) | 3.6 miles | 32 |
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 Rescue | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7314960 | 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 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.










