THE PLACERVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Sierran Foothills setting.
Placerville city has 5.84 square miles of land in El Dorado County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Sierran Foothills, within Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains.
Oak woodland, chaparral and grassland occupy foothills and low coastal mountains around the Central Valley. Narrow agricultural valleys interrupt this landscape of dry summers and wetter winters.
Regional context: Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Placerville and El Dorado County
Placerville is associated with El Dorado County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Placerville by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Placerville, or 0% of its total area. It is 4.4 percentage points lower than the 4.4% recorded for El Dorado County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Placerville city has 35.1% of the land area of nearby Diamond Springs CDP (16.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

