Strawberry, California
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95735. It sits by Lovers Leap. The Survey maps it on the Pyramid Peak quadrangle. It stands 5,738 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1889 to 1992The 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.


Compare 1889 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 35 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.
- 1889 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fallen Leaf Lake quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1976 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
192 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Strawberry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 528 acres in total. 84 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 84 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | 50 |
| 6 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | WRIGHTS |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | BLOOD |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | BRYANT |
| 3 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | LYONS II |
| 3 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | ROPI |
| 3 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | WRIGHTS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Strawberry: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dobbas Mine | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strawberry in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Strawberry | - | Caltrans Kyburz Maintenance responded to a mudslide near the Caldor Fire Burn Scar on Eastbound Highway 50 near Strawberry on July 20th, as thunderstorms were producing locally heavy rain over the mountains on this day. The slide did not impact traffic. No observations were available in the area but radar estimated rain amounts of around an inch in under an hour. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sciots Camp | 0.9 miles | 35 | |
| Twin Bridges | 1.5 miles | 35 | |
| Upper Forni | 2.3 miles | 35 | |
| Phillips | 3.9 miles | 35 | |
| Lower Forni | 4.5 miles | 35 | |
| Nebelhorn | 6.0 miles | 35 | |
| Echo Lake | 6.1 miles | 35 | |
| Little Norway | 6.1 miles | 35 |
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 Strawberry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7622396 | 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 1659886. 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.











