Wallace, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the San Andreas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95254. The Survey maps it on the Wallace quadrangle. 479 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 194 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1889 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresWallace grew from 403 to 479 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 | 403 | |
| 2020 | 479 | +76 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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 Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Valley Springs quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Valley Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Valley Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
383 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 383 fires within 5 miles of Wallace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,561 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 25 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 | 147 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 132 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | LAKEVIEW |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | CARDIN |
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | WADE/1-1 |
| 5 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | COYOTE |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HAYWOOD |
| 4 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | RIVER |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | CAMANCHE |
| 4 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | CAMANCHE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 89 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 89 workings within 5 miles of Wallace: 28 occurrences, 26 unknowns, 19 past producers, 16 producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arata Property | Gold, PGE, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Camanche District | Gold, Platinum, Silver | Past Producer | 1849 | |
| Merced | REE | Past Producer | ||
| Mokelumne River | Gold, PGE | Unknown | ||
| Warren | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Chaney Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Helisma Fireclay Deposit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Pacific Clay Products | Silica | Producer | ||
| Pacific Clay Products | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Wallace | Pumice | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodmans Corner | 0.9 miles | 30 | |
| Lake Camanche Ranches | 2.2 miles | 30 | |
| Camanche (historical) | 2.6 miles | 30 | |
| South Camanche Shore | 4.4 miles | 30 | |
| Burson | 4.7 miles | 30 | |
| Campo Seco | 7.0 miles | 30 | |
| Mother Lode Acres | 7.1 miles | 31 | |
| Oak Grove | 7.2 miles | 31 |
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 Wallace | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3205901 | 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 1660118. 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.












