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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.

Wallace within Calaveras County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Wallace, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Wallace, surveyed 1889

Population over time

2 figures

Wallace 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.

YearPeople Change
2010403
2020479+76 (+19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

383 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined147
Equipment and vehicle use132
Debris and open burning36
Arson/incendiarism25
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural6
Smoking5
Firearms and explosives use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitLAKEVIEW
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use80 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCARDIN
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitWADE/1-1
5 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOYOTE
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHAYWOOD
4 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitRIVER
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCAMANCHE
4 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCAMANCHE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 89 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arata PropertyGold, PGE, SilverPast Producer
Camanche DistrictGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer1849
MercedREEPast Producer
Mokelumne RiverGold, PGEUnknown
WarrenStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Chaney PitClayProducer
Helisma Fireclay DepositClayUnknown
Pacific Clay ProductsSilicaProducer
Pacific Clay ProductsSilicaOccurrence
WallacePumiceProducer

Every working recorded in Calaveras 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
Goodmans Corner0.9 miles30
Lake Camanche Ranches2.2 miles30
Camanche (historical)2.6 miles30
South Camanche Shore4.4 miles30
Burson4.7 miles30
Campo Seco7.0 miles30
Mother Lode Acres7.1 miles31
Oak Grove7.2 miles31

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 WallaceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3205901The 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.