Vallecito, California
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Angels City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95251. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Columbia quadrangle. 442 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,762 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 37 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.
- 1891 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
367 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 367 fires within 5 miles of Vallecito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,346 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 33 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 | 125 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 86 |
| Debris and open burning | 64 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | BLUFF |
| 9 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Central California Area Office | NINE |
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Central California District | PARROTS |
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING 4 |
| 9 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | POAG |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | NATURAL BRIDGES |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | ROLLERI |
| 7 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | CAMP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 606 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 606 workings within 5 miles of Vallecito: 217 occurrences, 201 past producers, 125 unknowns, 56 producers. 56 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angels Camp Deep Mine | Gold, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Gold, Molybdenite, Silver | |
| Blue Mountian Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Cataract Slurry Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Columbia Quarry | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Douglas Flat | Gold, PGE | Unknown | ||
| Hard To Find | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Rock | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Madrid Mine | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1916, 1917 | |
| Murphy Divide Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Oro Plata Mine | Antimony | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Flat | 1.9 miles | 37 | |
| La Honda Park | 2.4 miles | 37 | |
| Murphys | 3.3 miles | 34 | |
| Big Valley | 3.8 miles | 34 | |
| Angels Camp | 3.8 miles | 29 | |
| Rocky Hill | 3.8 miles | 34 | |
| Wyldewood | 4.0 miles | 34 | |
| Carson Hill | 4.6 miles | 29 |
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 Vallecito | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2309447 | 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 268654. 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.












