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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.

Soda Springs within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Soda Springs, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Soda Springs, surveyed 1891

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

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

96 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1999Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestCARPENTER 1
29 September 1998Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestTALBOT
26 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestKNOB
24 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestNORTHSTAR
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestPALISADE
2 September 1992Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestNATHAN
18 September 2011Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestCEDARS
14 September 2011Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestSERENA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
WubbenaGold, Silver, ChromiumPast Producer
Deer CreekGoldPast Producer
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Placer 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
The Cedars1.5 miles33
Eder4.0 miles33
Stanford (historical)4.4 miles33
Donner4.8 miles33
Andover (historical)5.2 miles33
Southside Highlands5.6 miles33
Andover6.0 miles36
Alpine Meadows7.0 miles32

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 SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7553187The 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.