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Tahoe Valley, California

35 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 lies near Gardner Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Emerald Bay quadrangle. It stands 6,270 feet above sea level.

Tahoe Valley 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 Tahoe Valley, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Tahoe Valley, surveyed 1889

Compare 1889 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 35 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

565 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 565 fires within 5 miles of Tahoe Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,163 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 51 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/undetermined152
Recreation and ceremony129
Smoking77
Natural59
Arson/incendiarism51
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Debris and open burning28
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Fireworks5
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 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitTRUCKEE
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
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitEDNA 1
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitVALHALLA
7 September 2007Other causesunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitSADDLE
7 September 1994Smokingunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tahoe Valley: 5 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Gold, Limestone, Dimension. 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
California Rock and GravelLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Gilmore Lake ProspectGoldOccurrence
Gravel PitScandiumUnknown
Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Anderson PitStoneOccurrence
Butler PitStoneOccurrence
Anderson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Butler PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Quarry 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

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
Tallac Village1.1 miles35
Lake Valley1.1 miles35
Tahoe Keys1.3 miles35
South Lake Tahoe1.7 miles34
Al Tahoe2.2 miles34
Camp Richardson2.4 miles35
Bijou3.0 miles34
Kiva Beach3.1 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 Tahoe ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7675625The 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 268065. 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.