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Photograph of Church of Our Saviour
Photograph by Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Episcopal Church of Our Saviour

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

“The Church of Our Saviour is a historic Carpenter Gothic Episcopal church located at 2979 Coloma Street, in Placerville, El Dorado County, California, in the United States. The church is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California.”

Wikipedia article Church of Our Saviour (Placerville, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 21 National Register listings published here for El Dorado County · listed in 1977 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 2979 Coloma St., Placerville, 95667
  • When was it listed? November 1977
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Placerville
  • Architectural style. Carpenter Gothic
  • National Register reference number. 77000291 - 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

948 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 948 fires within 5 miles of Episcopal Church of Our Saviour between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,076 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 55 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/undetermined336
Equipment and vehicle use236
Debris and open burning204
Arson/incendiarism55
Misuse of fire by a minor48
Smoking33
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony9
Other causes2
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSERVICE
9 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBOEGER WINERY PLACERVILLE
9 September 2015Smokingunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBEALS RD GOLD_HILL
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitLINDBERG
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitHY 50 EB / FORNI OFF RAM
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1707
9 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1971
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitGATLIN

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 639 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 639 workings within 5 miles of Episcopal Church of Our Saviour: 327 occurrences, 177 unknowns, 122 past producers, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Slate, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Cold Springs Sand and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Diamond Springs LiCalciumUnknown
Funny BugGold, Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Molybdenum, LeadPast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Grand VictoryGold, AntimonyPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Old Gravel MineGermaniumUnknown
OregonGold, Arsenic, LeadOccurrence
Pacific QuartzGold, Arsenic, SilverUnknown
Placerite Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Placerville DistrictGold, PlatinumPast Producer1848
Seven BellsCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in El Dorado County

Storms near this property

5 since 2014

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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023FloodPlacerville-The California Highway Patrol reported mud, dirt and rock along the southbound lane of State Highway 49 near the SR 193 junction.
December 2019Heavy RainPlacerville-A trained spotter reported widespread street flooding due to heavy rain. Spotter noted 0.61 inches of rain had fallen.
February 2017Heavy RainPlacerville-There were 1.80 of rain measured in Placerville, 24 hour total.
October 2016Heavy RainPlacerville-There were 4.00 inches of rainfall measured, 72 hour total.
December 2014FloodPlacerville-Flooding in southbound Highway 49 just north of 193 in Placerville caused traffic to swerve into northbound lanes.

Every storm recorded in El Dorado County

Maps showing this location

11 surveys

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 77000291 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
El Dorado CountyAll 21 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • 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.