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.
Then and now
1891 to 1992The 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.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
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 Truckee quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1932 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:96000
- 1940 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Homewood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Tahoe quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Homewood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 54 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | LOON |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | MCKINNEY |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | BARKER |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | BUCK 2 |
| 6 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | MCKINSTRY |
| 5 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | RED BULL |
| 5 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | ISLAND |
| 5 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | MOSS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Occurrence | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Occurrence | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Occurrence | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeks Bay | 6.7 miles | 30 | |
| Glenridge Park | 6.9 miles | 30 | |
| Rubicon Properties | 7.0 miles | 30 | |
| Jacobsen (historical) | 7.3 miles | 33 | |
| Pomins | 7.3 miles | 32 | |
| Frosts (historical) | 7.7 miles | 30 | |
| Emerald Bay | 8.9 miles | 35 | |
| Spring Creek | 11.5 miles | 35 |
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 Q7376092 | 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 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.










