Tuolumne City, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95379. It stands on Duckwall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tuolumne quadrangle. 1,798 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,569 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresTuolumne City grew from 1,779 to 1,798 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,779 | |
| 2020 | 1,798 | +19 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 29 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.
- 1893 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1898 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Tuolumne quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Tuolumne quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Tuolumne quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Tuolumne quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
655 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 655 fires within 5 miles of Tuolumne City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 770 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 52 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/undetermined | 211 |
| Debris and open burning | 162 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 137 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | ENOS |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTING #42 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING#21 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 32 |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | CAYLOR |
| 8 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | SPI #3 |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | COMMUNITY DR TUOLUMNE_CO |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LAKEVIEW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 195 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 195 workings within 5 miles of Tuolumne City: 74 occurrences, 58 past producers, 24 producers, 20 unknowns. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Lead, Zinc, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleview | Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| East Belt-Soulsbyville-Toulumne | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Louisiana Group | Gold, Lead, Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Lucky Strike | Gold, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Mary Ellen | Gold, Antimony, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Providence | Gold, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Soulsby Belle | Gold, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Soulsby Group | Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Soulsby Mine | Gold, Bismuth | Occurrence | ||
| Black Oak Group | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Iron | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuolumne | 0.2 miles | 29 | |
| Cherokee | 1.3 miles | 29 | |
| Ralph | 1.6 miles | 27 | |
| Monte Grande Heights | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Buckhorn Estates | 1.8 miles | 27 | |
| Soulsbyville | 1.9 miles | 27 | |
| Diamond Bar B Ranch | 2.2 miles | 27 | |
| Willow Springs | 2.4 miles | 27 |
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 Tuolumne City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3301923 | 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 1867064. 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.












