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Camp Sierra, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93605. It stands on Balsam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Musick Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,534 feet above sea level.

Camp Sierra within Fresno County

Then and now

1904 to 2004

The same ground, surveyed 100 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 Sierra, surveyed 2004
Topographic sheet of Camp Sierra, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 28 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

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Camp Sierra between 1992 and 2020, burning about 385,530 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 7 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
Natural31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony15
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2015Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestHUCKLEBERRY
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSierra National ForestHUNTINGTON
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestTAM
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined379,895 acresSierra National ForestCREEK
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSierra National ForestSHADY
3 September 2003Natural2.5 acresSierra National ForestBLACK CREEK
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestROCK
3 September 2003Natural2.5 acresSierra National ForestCOARSEGRASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Camp Sierra: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Marble, Dimension, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Edna B. PlacerLimestone, Dimension, Marble, DimensionProspect
Lemmons MineGoldUnknown
San Joaquin Marble CoStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Fresno 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
Big Creek1.2 miles27
Huntington Lake3.1 miles27
Cedar Crest4.9 miles27
Rock Haven5.5 miles28
Lakeshore6.2 miles29
Dora Belle6.3 miles27
Shaver Lake Heights6.6 miles27
Shaver Lake6.7 miles27

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 Q5027589The 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 1658203. 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.