Walerga, California
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sacramento census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95842. The Survey maps it on the Citrus Heights quadrangle.
Then and now
1891 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1891 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1893 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Fairoaks quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Antelope quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Citrus Heights quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Fair Oaks quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Citrus Heights quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1975 USGS Citrus Heights quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Citrus Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
900 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 900 fires within 5 miles of Walerga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,090 acres in total. None started naturally. 82 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 | 670 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 82 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 67 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | COLIN |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | PFE |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | PFE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Walerga: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American River Placer Deposits | Gold | Producer | Placer | |
| American River Placer Deposits | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Cannon & Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cannon & Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Highlands | 0.8 miles | 35 | |
| Foothill Farms | 0.8 miles | 35 | |
| Antelope | 3.0 miles | 35 | |
| Sabre City | 3.3 miles | 35 | |
| Del Paso Heights | 3.9 miles | 33 | |
| Town and Country Village | 4.3 miles | 32 | |
| Robla | 4.4 miles | 33 | |
| Carmichael | 4.5 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.
| Wikidata item Q122572743 | 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 1656396. 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.














