Camp Pendola, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies near Dry Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Crandall Peak quadrangle.
Then and now
1891 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1891 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Long Barn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Crandall Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Crandall Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
84 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Camp Pendola between 1994 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 1999 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Stanislaus National Forest | BEARDSLEY 2 |
| 5 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | RIVER |
| 5 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | CHINA |
| 29 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTING #12 |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | ROAD |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | MIDDLE |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | RAIL |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | FISHER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Camp Pendola: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported Occurrence | Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Riverside | Gold | Past Producer | Gold |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Gap | 4.0 miles | 28 | |
| Cold Springs | 6.2 miles | 28 | |
| Strawberry | 7.5 miles | 28 | |
| Boards Crossing | 7.7 miles | 29 | |
| Bumblebee | 8.1 miles | 28 | |
| Long Barn | 8.4 miles | 30 | |
| Cow Creek | 8.5 miles | 28 | |
| Pinecrest | 8.6 miles | 28 |
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 Q122554124 | 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 1655863. 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.











