Soda Springs, California
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Foresthill-Back Country census division. It lies near Painted Rock. The Survey maps it on the Granite Chief quadrangle. It stands 6,047 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 2000The same ground, surveyed 109 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:
On record in Soda Springs
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
- Summit Soda Springslisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 34 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
- 1953 USGS Granite Chief quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Granite Chief quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Granite Chief quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Soda Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 67 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 | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | CARPENTER 1 |
| 29 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | TALBOT |
| 26 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | KNOB |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | NORTHSTAR |
| 24 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | PALISADE |
| 2 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | NATHAN |
| 18 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | CEDARS |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | SERENA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Soda Springs: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Wubbena | Gold, Silver, Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Deer Creek | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cedars | 1.5 miles | 33 | |
| Eder | 4.0 miles | 33 | |
| Stanford (historical) | 4.4 miles | 33 | |
| Donner | 4.8 miles | 33 | |
| Andover (historical) | 5.2 miles | 33 | |
| Southside Highlands | 5.6 miles | 33 | |
| Andover | 6.0 miles | 36 | |
| Alpine Meadows | 7.0 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 Soda Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7553187 | 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 1701188. 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.










