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Stateline, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Lake Tahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96150. It stands on Bijou Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Lake Tahoe quadrangle. It stands 6,279 feet above sea level.

Stateline within El Dorado County

Then and now

1889 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stateline, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Stateline, surveyed 1889

On record in Stateline

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

13 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

351 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 351 fires within 5 miles of Stateline between 1992 and 2020, burning about 975 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 47 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/undetermined108
Recreation and ceremony63
Arson/incendiarism47
Natural41
Smoking39
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks4
Other causes1

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 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitHOLLY
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitPARTY
8 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitKEYS
8 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitKAHLE
8 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitEDNA 1
7 September 2007Other causesunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitSADDLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Stateline: 3 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Copper. 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
Granite GroupUranium, CopperOccurrenceChrysocolla
Hunch and Lucky Strike ClaimsUranium, ThoriumOccurrenceAllanite
Kingbury Queen ProspectQuartz, UraniumProspect
Quarry 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Granite Group Nos 1-5UraniumProspect
Hunch and Lucky Strike ClaimsUraniumProspect
Kingsbury QueenUraniumOccurrenceAcmite, Torbernite

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
Bijou Park1.0 miles34
Bijou1.5 miles34
Al Tahoe2.4 miles34
South Lake Tahoe2.8 miles34
Lake Valley3.8 miles35
Tahoe Keys4.1 miles35
Tahoe Valley4.5 miles35
Tallac Village4.8 miles35

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 StatelineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7603937The 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 1659861. 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.