Wokodot, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Nevada City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95959. It stands on Little Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nevada City quadrangle. It stands 2,510 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1888 to 2000The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Wokodot
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 9 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Nevada City Free Public LibraryNational Historic Landmark · listed 1990 · 0.0 miles away
Nevada City Downtown Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.1 miles away
Ott's Assay Officelisted 1975 · 0.1 miles away
National Exchange Hotellisted 1973 · 0.1 miles away
Nevada City Firehouse No. 2listed 1974 · 0.1 miles away
Nevada Theatrelisted 1973 · 0.1 miles away
Nevada Brewerylisted 1985 · 0.2 miles away
Aaron A. Sargent Houselisted 1980 · 0.2 miles away
Martin Luther Marsh Houselisted 1973 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 28 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.
- 1888 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Nevada City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Nevada City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Nevada City quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Nevada City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Nevada City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
712 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 712 fires within 5 miles of Wokodot (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,493 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 29 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 | 285 |
| Debris and open burning | 166 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 115 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 36 |
| Smoking | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Other causes | 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 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | SNMH CRISIS STABILIZATION |
| 9 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Central California District | ADAMS |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | CAREY |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1886 |
| 7 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | HWY 20 / DORSEY DR |
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | 5 MILE |
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | PASQUALE |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 782 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 782 workings within 5 miles of Wokodot (historical): 395 past producers, 279 occurrences, 88 unknowns, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Canada Hill | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, Tin | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Champion Con Qtz | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Empire Star | Gold, Lead, Arsenic, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Gold Hill | Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Grass Valley District | Tungsten, Gold | Producer | 1915 | |
| Green Lode | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Unknown | |
| Hussey | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Mountaineer | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Murchie | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada City | 0.2 miles | 28 | |
| Champion (historical) | 1.1 miles | 28 | |
| Providence (historical) | 1.1 miles | 28 | |
| White Spot | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Gold Flat | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Town Talk | 1.6 miles | 28 | |
| Timber Trails | 1.8 miles | 28 | |
| Glenbrook | 1.8 miles | 28 |
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 Wokodot (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8029359 | 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 1682999. 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.












