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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.

Twin Bridges 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 Twin Bridges, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Twin Bridges, 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

223 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural83
Recreation and ceremony64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Smoking15
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National Forest50
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
6 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestWRIGHTS
5 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitSUZY
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitLILLY
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestBRYANT
3 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestROPI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dobbas MineChromium, IronPast Producer

Every working recorded in El Dorado County

Storms near this place

4 since 2018

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2023Heavy RainTwin 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 2023Heavy RainTwin 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 2023Heavy RainTwin 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 2018FloodTwin Bridges-Rock slide reported at US 50 near Sayles Canyon.

Every storm 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
Strawberry1.5 miles35
Sciots Camp2.3 miles35
Phillips2.5 miles35
Upper Forni2.7 miles35
Echo Lake4.6 miles35
Little Norway4.7 miles35
Nebelhorn4.8 miles35
Lower Forni5.6 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 Twin BridgesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7858084The 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.