Editing Placer County, California (section)

== Geography ==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|1502|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1407|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|95|sqmi}} (6.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_06.txt |access-date=October 3, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> Watercourses in Placer County include the [[American River]] and [[Bunch Creek]]. 40.96% of Lake Tahoe's surface area is in Placer County, more than in any of the four other counties in which it lies.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=August 29, 2018 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

The county is typically divided into three regions; "South Placer" in the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada foothills south of Auburn, "Gold Country" which consists of the Sierra Foothills around Auburn, Colfax, and Foresthill, and the Sierra Nevada which consists of all areas east of Foresthill and northeast of Colfax (including the Lake Tahoe region). Roughly 3/4ths of the population lives in South Placer, Roseville being the primary job and retail center of the county. Auburn and Lincoln are the main secondary commercial centers.

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Nevada County, California|Nevada County]] - north
* [[Washoe County, Nevada]] - northeast
* [[Carson City, Nevada]] - east
* [[Douglas County, Nevada]] - southeast
* [[El Dorado County, California|El Dorado County]] - south
* [[Sacramento County, California|Sacramento County]] - southwest
* [[Sutter County, California|Sutter County]] - west
* [[Yuba County, California|Yuba County]] - northwest

=== National protected areas ===
* [[Eldorado National Forest]] in part
* [[Tahoe National Forest]] in part