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Rubicon Springs, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. The Survey maps it on the Homewood quadrangle. It stands 6,165 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rubicon Springs 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 Rubicon Springs (historical), surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Rubicon Springs (historical), 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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Rubicon Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 54 started naturally. None was 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
Natural54
Recreation and ceremony51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2009Smokingunder an acreEldorado National ForestLOON
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitMCKINNEY
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestBARKER
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitBUCK 2
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestMCKINSTRY
5 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestRED BULL
5 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestISLAND
5 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestMOSS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rubicon Springs (historical): 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver. 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
OccurrenceGoldPast ProducerGold
OccurrenceGoldOccurrence
OccurrenceGoldUnknown
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence

Every working 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
Meeks Bay6.7 miles30
Glenridge Park6.9 miles30
Rubicon Properties7.0 miles30
Jacobsen (historical)7.3 miles33
Pomins7.3 miles32
Frosts (historical)7.7 miles30
Emerald Bay8.9 miles35
Spring Creek11.5 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.

Wikipedia article on Rubicon Springs (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7376092The 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 1701135. 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.