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Tiger Lily, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95667. It lies near Kapa Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Placerville quadrangle. It stands 2,080 feet above sea level.

Tiger Lily within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tiger Lily, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Tiger Lily, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

885 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 885 fires within 5 miles of Tiger Lily between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,407 acres in total. 14 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/undetermined301
Equipment and vehicle use235
Debris and open burning190
Misuse of fire by a minor48
Arson/incendiarism47
Smoking25
Natural14
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Recreation and ceremony8
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSERVICE
9 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBOEGER WINERY PLACERVILLE
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitLINDBERG
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitHY 50 EB / FORNI OFF RAM
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1707
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitGATLIN
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPANORAMA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 574 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 574 workings within 5 miles of Tiger Lily: 280 occurrences, 165 unknowns, 120 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese. 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
Blue CatCopper, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Diamond Springs LiCalciumUnknown
Grand VictoryGold, AntimonyPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Martinez Gold MineGold, ManganeseOccurrence1942
OregonGold, Arsenic, LeadOccurrence
Pacific QuartzGold, Arsenic, SilverUnknown
Placerite Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Placerville DistrictGold, PlatinumPast Producer1848
UnknownGemstoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAbrasiveUnknown

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
Diamond Springs2.3 miles34
Deer Park2.6 miles34
Placerville3.6 miles34
Indak (historical)3.6 miles34
Old Fort Jim3.6 miles33
Smithflat3.8 miles34
El Dorado3.9 miles34
Perks Corner4.0 miles34

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 Q7801432The 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 1660000. 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.