Twin Bridges, California
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95735. It stands on Pyramid Creek. The Survey maps it on the Echo Lake quadrangle. It stands 6,115 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1889 to 1992The 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.


Compare 1889 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 35 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.
- 1889 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Pyramid Peak quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Echo Lake quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Fallen Leaf Lake quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1976 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Echo Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
223 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Twin Bridges between 1992 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. 83 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 83 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | 50 |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 acres | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | not named |
| 6 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | WRIGHTS |
| 5 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | SUZY |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | not named |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | LILLY |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | BRYANT |
| 3 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | ROPI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Twin Bridges: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dobbas Mine | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twin Bridges in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 3 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2023 | Heavy Rain | Twin Bridges | - | A mesonet station (HGNC1-SNOTEL) located 4.3 mi N of Luther Pass, CA, and a mesonet station (ECOC1-SNOTEL) located 3.5 mi NE of Twin Bridges, CA, rainfall storm totals of 0.50 and 0.60 inches respectively. |
| September 2023 | Heavy Rain | Twin Bridges | - | A mesonet station (ECOC1-SNOTEL) located 3.5 mi NE of Twin Bridges, and ASOS station located at South Lake Tahoe Airport (KTVL) reported total rainfall amounts of 1.70 and 0.89 inches respectively. |
| December 2023 | Heavy Rain | Twin Bridges | - | Mesonet stations (RUBC1) located 1.0 mi SW of Meeks Bays, CA (SNOTEL), and (ECOC1) located 3.5 mi NE of Twin Bridges, CA (SNOTEL) both reported 24 hr rainfall storm totals of 1.3 inches. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Twin Bridges | - | Rock slide reported at US 50 near Sayles Canyon. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry | 1.5 miles | 35 | |
| Sciots Camp | 2.3 miles | 35 | |
| Phillips | 2.5 miles | 35 | |
| Upper Forni | 2.7 miles | 35 | |
| Echo Lake | 4.6 miles | 35 | |
| Little Norway | 4.7 miles | 35 | |
| Nebelhorn | 4.8 miles | 35 | |
| Lower Forni | 5.6 miles | 35 |
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 Twin Bridges | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7858084 | 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 1656374. 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.











