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Catheys Valley, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Mariposa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95306. It lies near Wildcat Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Catheys Valley quadrangle. 829 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,325 feet above sea level.

Catheys Valley within Mariposa County

Then and now

1919 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Catheys Valley, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Catheys Valley, surveyed 1919

Population over time

2 figures

Catheys Valley grew from 825 to 829 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010825
2020829+4 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Catheys Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,220 acres in total. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1992Arson/incendiarism50 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitGUADALUPE
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitTOTOKON
7 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitGUADALUPE
3 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use50 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitWILLIAMS
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitHORNITOS RD CATHEYS_VALL
20 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitMRP 821
15 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitVALLEY
10 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitSHORE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mariposa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Catheys Valley: 30 past producers, 17 unknowns, 9 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Silver, 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
Givens ProspectSilver, GoldPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Silver
OrtegaGold, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
ApolloGold, SilverPast Producer
CornettCopper, GoldPast ProducerVein
CornettCopperUnknown
FretzGold, SilverPast Producer
Givena ProspectSilver, GoldUnknown
HotalingCopperPast Producer
Machado PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer
Mccay PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mariposa 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
Bridgeport5.0 miles20
Indian Gulch5.3 miles17
Agua Fria5.5 miles20
Mount Bullion5.9 miles31
Mariposa7.9 miles25
Mormon Bar8.2 miles25
Hornitos8.9 miles28
Ben Hur9.3 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.

Wikipedia article on Catheys ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3458694The 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 254727. 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.