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.
Then and now
1893 to 1994The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresSoulsbyville 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,215 | |
| 2020 | 2,092 | -123 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 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.
- 1893 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1898 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Standard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Standard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
827 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 283 |
| Debris and open burning | 196 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 175 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 63 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | TUOLUMNE |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | MONO |
| 9 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | ENOS |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTING #42 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING#21 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 32 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING#37 |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | CAYLOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 175 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleview | Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| East Belt-Soulsbyville-Toulumne | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Louisiana Group | Gold, Lead, Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Lucky Strike | Gold, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Providence | Gold, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Reported Occurence | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Soulsby Belle | Gold, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Soulsby Group | Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Soulsby Mine | Gold, Bismuth | Occurrence | ||
| Black Oak Group | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Iron | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Flood | Soulsbyville | - | Roadway flooding with several inches of water reported at Via Este Road and State Route 108. |
| April 2015 | Heavy Rain | Soulsbyville | - | Heavy rain reported., 1.10 inches storm total. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Grande Heights | 0.6 miles | 27 | |
| Oak Gardens Estates | 0.7 miles | 27 | |
| Willow Springs | 0.8 miles | 27 | |
| Cherokee | 0.9 miles | 29 | |
| Mono Vista | 1.0 miles | 27 | |
| Sunshine Camp | 1.0 miles | 27 | |
| Rancho Poquitos | 1.1 miles | 27 | |
| Ralph | 1.4 miles | 27 |
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 Soulsbyville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2568433 | 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 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.











