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.
Then and now
1912 to 2004The 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.


Compare 1912 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresAhwahnee 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,246 | |
| 2020 | 2,296 | +50 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1912 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Bass Lake quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Shaver Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Ahwahnee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Ahwahnee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
281 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 104 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 51 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | HWY 41 OAKHURST |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ACORN DR OAKHURST |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | WINDING |
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.8 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | ALPACA |
| 8 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | MOORE |
| 8 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | KAMOOK |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | PINE |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | RIVER FALLS LN OAKHURST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 89 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Canyon Claim | Asbestos | Unknown | ||
| Enterprise Mine | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Gaylord Borrow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Joe Devaney Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Savannah, Etal Claims | Gold, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Tiger | Gold, Silver, Iron, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Lead | |
| Tiger Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Molybdenum | Unknown | ||
| White Top Claim | Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Gertrude M. | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Heavy Rain | Ahwahnee | $1,000 | The 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 2023 | Flood | Ahwahnee | - | California Highway Patrol reported boulders on Rd. 600 1 miles south of SR 49. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahwahnee Estates | 1.2 miles | 25 | |
| Nipinnawasee | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Grub Gulch (historical) | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Bailey Flats (historical) | 4.8 miles | 25 | |
| Oakhurst | 4.8 miles | 25 | |
| Yosemite Forks | 5.0 miles | 25 | |
| Old Corral | 6.3 miles | 24 | |
| Sugar Pine | 7.1 miles | 23 |
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 Ahwahnee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458725 | The 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.








