Tahoe Pines, 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 96141. It stands on Blackwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Homewood quadrangle. It stands 6,230 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1992The 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.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 32 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.
- 1891 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1932 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:96000
- 1940 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Homewood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Tahoe quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Homewood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
169 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Tahoe Pines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | 64 ACRES |
| 9 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | ANN |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | PEN |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | MCKINNEY |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | BUCK 2 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | RESORT |
| 4 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | BLACKWOOD |
| 4 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | W LAKE BL NORTH_TAHOE_FD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tahoe Pines: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tahoe Treasure Prospect | Gold, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Tahoe Treasure Prospect | Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tahoe Pines in 7 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 7 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe Pines | - | Mesonet station (WRDC1-SNOTEL) located 2.4 mi S of Alpine Meadows, CA, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 0.50 inches. |
| November 2023 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe Pines | - | A mesonet station (WRDC1-SNOTEL) located 2.4 mi S of Alpine Meadows, CA, reported a rainfall storm total of 0.80 inches. |
| December 2023 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe Pines | - | Mesonet stations (WRDC1) located 2.4 mi S of Alpine Meadows, CA (SNOTEL), mesonet station (THOC1) located 0.8 mi W of Tahoe City, CA (SNOTEL), and mesonet station (TRUC1) located 2.0 mi SE of Truckee, CA (SNOTEL) reported 24hr rainfall storm totals of 2.2 inches, 1.3 inches, and 0.8 inches respectively. |
| October 2021 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe Pines | - | CoCoRahs Observers, trained spotters, and Mesonet/ASOS sites reported rainfall amounts ranging from 1.0-2.0 near Alpine Meadows ski resort, 2.0-5.0 in and around Homewood, CA, and as much as 6.0 at Tahoe City, CA. |
| March 2018 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe Pines | - | Mesonet station WRDC1, 2 miles south of Alpine Meadows reported 7.30 inches of storm total rainfall from 20 March 0600PST to 23 March 0600PST. |
| April 2018 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe Pines | - | Mesonet station WRDC1, 2 miles south of Alpine Meadows (elevation 6764 feet) reported 3.40 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 0800PST to 7 April 0800PST. |
| April 2018 | Heavy Rain | Tahoe Pines | - | Trained weather spotter 1 mile north-northwest of Homewood measured 2.93 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 1046PST to 7 April 1046PST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idlewild | 0.3 miles | 32 | |
| Homewood | 1.2 miles | 32 | |
| Timberland | 1.6 miles | 32 | |
| Pine Land | 2.2 miles | 32 | |
| Chambers Lodge | 2.4 miles | 32 | |
| Chamberlands Estates | 2.5 miles | 32 | |
| Tahoe Park | 2.6 miles | 32 | |
| Sunnyside | 2.7 miles | 32 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q7675619 | 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 1659947. 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.










