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Bass Lake Annex, California

24 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 93669. It lies near Malum Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Bass Lake quadrangle. It stands 3,369 feet above sea level.

Bass Lake Annex 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 Bass Lake Annex, surveyed 2004
Topographic sheet of Bass Lake Annex, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

403 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 403 fires within 5 miles of Bass Lake Annex between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,918 acres in total. 29 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/undetermined156
Debris and open burning68
Equipment and vehicle use58
Natural29
Arson/incendiarism26
Recreation and ceremony24
Smoking16
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSierra National ForestPECKINPAH
8 September 2008Smoking1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitRD 221 / PIUTE RD
7 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSierra National ForestFORK
7 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitRD 200 / WYLE RANCH RD
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitKOWANA LN NORTH_FORK
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresMerced-Mariposa Unit200
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitMOUNTAIN
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitRD 419 BASS_LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Bass Lake Annex: 7 prospects, 6 occurrences, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Manganese, Asbestos. 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
Argus MineSodiumProducer
Broken ShovelGold, SilverProspect
Carol Jane 1 and 2Feldspar, TungstenProspect
UnknownChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Calaveras MineAsbestosProducer
Santa Rita MineAsbestosProducer
Thornberry DepositManganeseOccurrenceResidual
Thornberry ProspectManganeseProspect1942
Holbrooke and HarringtonGoldOccurrencePlacer
Marysville MineGoldProducer

Every working 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
North Fork3.2 miles26
The Pines3.4 miles24
South Fork3.5 miles27
Bass Lake4.1 miles24
Cascadel Woods5.0 miles27
Whisky Falls5.1 miles24
Central Camp6.0 miles24
Old Corral7.1 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q4867933The 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 252520. 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.