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Smithflat, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Placerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95667. It lies near Texas Hill. The Survey maps it on the Placerville quadrangle. It stands 2,224 feet above sea level.

Smithflat 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 Smithflat, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Smithflat, surveyed 1891

On record in Smithflat

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 34 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

866 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 866 fires within 5 miles of Smithflat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,946 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 45 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/undetermined308
Debris and open burning229
Equipment and vehicle use184
Arson/incendiarism45
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Smoking29
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes4
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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSERVICE
9 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBOEGER WINERY PLACERVILLE
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitHY 50 EB / FORNI OFF RAM
9 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1971
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitGATLIN
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPANORAMA
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitWEBER
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado Unit25 ECF SACRAMENTO ST PLAC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 596 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 596 workings within 5 miles of Smithflat: 306 occurrences, 174 unknowns, 101 past producers, 15 producers. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Slate, Dimension, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Diamond Springs LiCalciumUnknown
Grand VictoryGold, AntimonyPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Old Gravel MineGermaniumUnknown
OregonGold, Arsenic, LeadOccurrence
Pacific QuartzGold, Arsenic, SilverUnknown
Placerite Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Placerville DistrictGold, PlatinumPast Producer1848
Placerville PlacersGold, SilverProducerPlacer
Snow Road Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownGemstoneOccurrence

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
Motor City0.8 miles33
Five Mile Terrace2.3 miles33
Camino Heights2.3 miles33
Placerville2.3 miles34
Indak (historical)2.5 miles34
Old Fort Jim2.5 miles33
Apex3.6 miles34
Tiger Lily3.8 miles34

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 SmithflatAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14683998The 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 1659800. 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.