A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
From the record
“Coloma is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is approximately 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Sacramento.”
Wikipedia article Coloma, California, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 21 National Register listings published here for El Dorado County · listed in 1966 · category: District · a National Historic Landmark.
National Register reference number.66000207- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
563 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 563 fires within 5 miles of Coloma
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,158 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 48 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
173
Equipment and vehicle use
143
Debris and open burning
132
Arson/incendiarism
48
Power generation/transmission/distribution
16
Smoking
14
Natural
14
Misuse of fire by a minor
11
Other causes
6
Recreation and ceremony
5
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
9 September 2017
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
BOOT
9 September 2015
Smoking
under an acre
Amador-El Dorado Unit
BEALS RD GOLD_HILL
9 September 2013
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Amador-El Dorado Unit
MARSHALL
9 September 2007
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Amador-El Dorado Unit
TANGLEWOOD
9 September 1999
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
Central California District
COLOMA
9 September 1999
Natural
under an acre
Central California District
COLOMA 2
8 September 2017
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
391 workings within 5 miles of Coloma: 196 occurrences, 97 unknowns, 92 past producers, 6 producers.
6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Slate, Dimension, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Placerville, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 3 heavy rain, 2 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.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
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