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Soulsbyville, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95372. The Survey maps it on the Standard quadrangle. 2,092 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,930 feet above sea level.

Soulsbyville within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

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 Soulsbyville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Soulsbyville, surveyed 1893

Population over time

2 figures

Soulsbyville fell from 2,215 to 2,092 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,215
20202,092-123 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

827 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 827 fires within 5 miles of Soulsbyville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,122 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 63 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/undetermined283
Debris and open burning196
Equipment and vehicle use175
Arson/incendiarism63
Misuse of fire by a minor40
Smoking22
Natural16
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Recreation and ceremony14
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2012Smokingunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitTUOLUMNE
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMONO
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictENOS
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTING #42
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#21
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 32
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#37
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCAYLOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 175 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 175 workings within 5 miles of Soulsbyville: 73 occurrences, 43 past producers, 28 producers, 23 unknowns. 28 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Iron. 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
BelleviewGold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
East Belt-Soulsbyville-ToulumneGold, SilverProducer
Louisiana GroupGold, Lead, Iron, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Lucky StrikeGold, Tungsten, Lead, ZincOccurrence
ProvidenceGold, Copper, LeadOccurrence
Reported OccurenceLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Soulsby BelleGold, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Soulsby GroupGold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Soulsby MineGold, BismuthOccurrence
Black Oak GroupGold, Zinc, Lead, IronPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Tuolumne County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Soulsbyville in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2022FloodSoulsbyville-Roadway flooding with several inches of water reported at Via Este Road and State Route 108.
April 2015Heavy RainSoulsbyville-Heavy rain reported., 1.10 inches storm total.

Every storm recorded in Tuolumne 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
Monte Grande Heights0.6 miles27
Oak Gardens Estates0.7 miles27
Willow Springs0.8 miles27
Cherokee0.9 miles29
Mono Vista1.0 miles27
Sunshine Camp1.0 miles27
Rancho Poquitos1.1 miles27
Ralph1.4 miles27

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 SoulsbyvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2568433The 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 1659818. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.