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Tahoe Park, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lake Tahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96145. It stands on Ward Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tahoe City quadrangle.

Tahoe Park within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 1992

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 Tahoe Park, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Tahoe Park, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Tahoe Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 34 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Recreation and ceremony52
Natural34
Smoking15
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Other causes4
Arson/incendiarism4

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 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unit64 ACRES
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitANN
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestPEN
8 September 2001Other causesunder an acreTahoe National ForestMERTENS
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitRESORT
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitTHUNDER
5 September 1996Smokingunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitPOLARIS
4 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitBLACKWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tahoe Park: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Squaw Valley GrayelSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Sunnyside0.2 miles32
Pine Land0.4 miles32
Talmont0.5 miles32
Tahoe Woods0.6 miles32
Twin Peaks Estates0.9 miles32
Timberland1.1 miles32
Comstock Acres1.2 miles32
Rampart1.9 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1723359. 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.