Outingdale, California

38°37′00″N 120°43′48″W / 38.61667°N 120.73000°W / 38.61667; -120.73000

Outingdale
Unincorporated community
Outingdale is located in California
Outingdale
Outingdale
Location in California
Outingdale is located in the United States
Outingdale
Outingdale
Outingdale (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°37′00″N 120°43′48″W / 38.61667°N 120.73000°W / 38.61667; -120.73000
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyEl Dorado County
Elevation
[1]
1,624 ft (495 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
129

Outingdale (formerly, Mars[2][3] and Outingdale Resort)[4] is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.[1] It is located on the Middle Fork of the Cosumnes River 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Aukum,[4] at an elevation of 1624 feet (495 m).[1]

Outingdale was founded in 1928 as a resort community, originally consisting of 680 acres of land, more than half of it shared recreational space.[5] Outingdale today is home to around 150 residents. It gets its water from the Cosumnes River, and is therefore heavily dependent on winter snowpack for water, which is scarce in drought years.[6] During the severe 2021 drought, water had to be delivered to Outingdale by truck.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Outingdale, California
  2. ^ "California. Placerville quadrangle (30'), 1893 (1905) :: Historical California Topographical Maps, 1886-1977". digitallibrary.usc.edu. USGS. p. Top right section of center bottom section. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  3. ^ "Reservoir Sites Selected by Marshall in Valley Watershed". The Sacramento Union. Vol. 219, no. 11. Sacramento, CA. March 11, 1921. p. 8. Retrieved July 31, 2018. Cosumnnes River (El Dorado County): ... (3) Baker's Ford, one-half mile above Mars, on Middle Fork.
  4. ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 534. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  5. ^ "New camp tract in mountains offered". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. May 5, 1928. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  6. ^ Weiser, Matt (June 22, 2014). "Drought gets dire in small foothill town". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  7. ^ Kasler, Dale (October 3, 2021). "The dry horizon". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. Retrieved December 27, 2023.


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