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2018 Map of Caldor

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Caldor
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The Caldor settlement and its surrounding logging and mining history are documented in this 2018 survey of the Eldorado National Forest. Situated near the county line between El Dorado and Amador Counties, the landscape is defined by the three forks of the Steely Fork, Middle Fork, and South Fork Cosumnes River. These waterways are flanked by significant ridges such as Plummer Ridge and Big Mountain Ridge.

Industrial and recreational routes lace through the forest, including the Trestle Trail and Caldor Logging Road, alongside mining remnants like the Red Gold Mine and Gold Rush trail. Smaller clearings and camps like Elkins Flat, Croft, and Barney Meadow appear as established points of interest within the timbered terrain. The map also records the Pipi Grade and Twin Gulch RR, tracing the complex transportation network developed for resource extraction and forest management.