BlockBefore

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.

Camp Pendola within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1891 to 2001

The 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 sheet of Camp Pendola, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Camp Pendola, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

84 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural37
Recreation and ceremony19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 1999Natural4.0 acresStanislaus National ForestBEARDSLEY 2
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreStanislaus National ForestRIVER
5 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreStanislaus National ForestCHINA
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTING #12
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestROAD
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestMIDDLE
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestRAIL
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestFISHER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Reported OccurrenceLeadOccurrence
RiversideGoldPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
Spring Gap4.0 miles28
Cold Springs6.2 miles28
Strawberry7.5 miles28
Boards Crossing7.7 miles29
Bumblebee8.1 miles28
Long Barn8.4 miles30
Cow Creek8.5 miles28
Pinecrest8.6 miles28

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 Q122554124The 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.