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Ahwahnee, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Oakhurst-North Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93601. It stands on Carter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ahwahnee quadrangle. 2,296 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,326 feet above sea level.

Ahwahnee within Madera County

Then and now

1912 to 2004

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ahwahnee, surveyed 2004
Topographic sheet of Ahwahnee, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Ahwahnee grew from 2,246 to 2,296 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,246
20202,296+50 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 25 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

281 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Ahwahnee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,294 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined104
Equipment and vehicle use51
Debris and open burning40
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Natural21
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitHWY 41 OAKHURST
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionACORN DR OAKHURST
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitWINDING
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.8 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitALPACA
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitMOORE
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSierra National ForestKAMOOK
7 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitPINE
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitRIVER FALLS LN OAKHURST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 89 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 89 workings within 5 miles of Ahwahnee: 44 past producers, 28 prospects, 9 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Arsenic, 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
Deep Canyon ClaimAsbestosUnknown
Enterprise MineGold, CopperPast Producer
Gaylord Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Joe Devaney Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverProducer
Savannah, Etal ClaimsGold, IronPast Producer
TigerGold, Silver, Iron, Lead, ZincPast ProducerLead
Tiger MineGold, Silver, Lead, ZincProspect
Unnamed LocationMolybdenumUnknown
White Top ClaimMagnesiteProspect
Gertrude M.Gold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madera County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ahwahnee in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 1 heavy rain, 1 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
October 2009Heavy RainAhwahnee$1,000The California Highway Patrol reported rocks in the road at Blind Curve on Road 600 near Apache, just north of the town of Three Rivers. This was caused by heavy rain estimated at 5-7 inches in the area.
March 2023FloodAhwahnee-California Highway Patrol reported boulders on Rd. 600 1 miles south of SR 49.

Every storm recorded in Madera County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Ahwahnee Estates1.2 miles25
Nipinnawasee2.7 miles23
Grub Gulch (historical)3.7 miles25
Bailey Flats (historical)4.8 miles25
Oakhurst4.8 miles25
Yosemite Forks5.0 miles25
Old Corral6.3 miles24
Sugar Pine7.1 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AhwahneeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3458725The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 256142. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.