River Pines, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Sutter Creek-Plymouth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95675. It stands on Slate Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aukum quadrangle. 390 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,985 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.


Population over time
2 figuresRiver Pines grew from 379 to 390 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 379 | |
| 2020 | 390 | +11 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 30 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
- 1952 USGS Aukum quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Camino quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
241 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of River Pines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,816 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 8 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 | 68 |
| Debris and open burning | 65 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 61 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Central California District | OMO |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | QUARTZ |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | SEABIRD |
| 6 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | SHENANDOAH |
| 5 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | FIDDLETOWN #4 |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BERTONE |
| 30 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | SHENANDOAH |
| 3 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Central California District | DAGOSTINI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 107 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 107 workings within 5 miles of River Pines: 51 occurrences, 28 unknowns, 16 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Gulch | Abrasive | Occurrence | ||
| Willa Place | Chromium | Prospect | ||
| Quartz Placers | Quartz | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Chrysoprase and Moss Opal Deposits | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Clark | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiddletown | 3.0 miles | 33 | |
| Enterprise | 5.5 miles | 33 | |
| Plymouth | 6.9 miles | 30 | |
| Pokerville (historical) | 7.6 miles | 30 | |
| Lower Rancheria (historical) | 8.5 miles | 30 | |
| New Chicago | 9.0 miles | 30 | |
| Volcano | 9.3 miles | 28 | |
| Drytown | 9.3 miles | 30 |
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 River Pines | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6645077 | 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 1659517. 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.









