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Cascadel Woods, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Oakhurst-North Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93643. It stands on Gertrude Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cascadel Point quadrangle. It stands 3,648 feet above sea level.

Cascadel Woods within Madera 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 Cascadel Woods, surveyed 2004
Topographic sheet of Cascadel Woods, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

235 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Cascadel Woods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,820 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined73
Debris and open burning40
Equipment and vehicle use34
Natural30
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony14
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking6
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
7 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSierra National ForestFORK
7 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitRD 200 / WYLE RANCH RD
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresMerced-Mariposa Unit200
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSierra National ForestDIAPER
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSierra National ForestRAINBOW
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestSOURCE
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestSPRING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cascadel Woods: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold. 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
Telles & Morton MineGoldProspect
Hughes ClaimTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Hughes ClaimTungstenProspect
Pine Grove MineTungstenUnknown

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
South Fork2.1 miles27
North Fork2.9 miles26
Whisky Falls4.0 miles24
Bass Lake Annex5.0 miles24
The Pines8.0 miles24
Central Camp8.3 miles24
Bass Lake8.8 miles24
Fine Gold9.1 miles26

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 Q5048194The 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 1667436. 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.