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White Rock, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Folsom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95630. The Survey maps it on the Clarksville quadrangle.

White Rock within Sacramento County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

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 White Rock, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of White Rock, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

520 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 520 fires within 5 miles of White Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,557 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 47 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/undetermined201
Equipment and vehicle use184
Arson/incendiarism47
Debris and open burning38
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Smoking14
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Natural4
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 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitWYCLIFFE WY EL_DORADO_HI
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBASS
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unit50
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSCOTT
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBASS
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBASS
4 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitROBERT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of White Rock: 16 occurrences, 16 past producers, 11 producers, 4 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Copper. 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
Capital Dredging Co.Gold, Silver, PlatinumPast Producer
Marble Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Walker MineChromium, IronPast ProducerChromite
Yost Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
CothainCopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
CothrinCopperUnknown
Joerger MineChromium, IronPast Producer1918
Walker MineChromium, IronPast Producer1917
KeablesGold, SilverPast Producer
Kiefe EstateGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sacramento County

Storms near this place

4 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Rock in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2026: 4 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
April 2026FloodWhite Rock-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding in the HOV lane of Highway 50 near Bidwell Street from heavy rain.
February 2026FloodWhite Rock-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding with a large amount of pooled water at the bottom of the offramp.
December 2022FloodWhite Rock-East Bidwell St / US 50 East offramp was flooded with a river of water flowing over the roadway offramp. Some rainfall totals over 24 hours were 1.94 inches at Orangevale, 1.33 inches at Elk Grove, 1.50 inches at Folsom and 1.21 inches at Wilton.
December 2016FloodWhite Rock-Folsom police closed White Rock Road, between Placerville and Scott roads, Thursday night and into the Friday morning commute because of flooding and debris in the road.

Every storm recorded in Sacramento 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
Malby Crossing1.5 miles27
Prairie City3.5 miles31
Walltown3.7 miles27
Glenborough5.0 miles31
Natoma5.1 miles31
Folsom Junction5.5 miles31
Folsom5.7 miles31
Alder Creek5.8 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252830. 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.