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.
Then and now
1919 to 1983The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresCatheys 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 825 | |
| 2020 | 829 | +4 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1919 USGS Indian Gulch quadrangle1:48000
- 1920 USGS Indian Gulch quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Indian Gulch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Catheys Valley quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Indian Gulch quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Merced quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional 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 use | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | GUADALUPE |
| 8 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | TOTOKON |
| 7 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | GUADALUPE |
| 3 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | WILLIAMS |
| 21 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | HORNITOS RD CATHEYS_VALL |
| 20 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | MRP 821 |
| 15 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | VALLEY |
| 10 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | SHORE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 62 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Givens Prospect | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite, Silver | |
| Ortega | Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Apollo | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Cornett | Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Cornett | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Fretz | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Givena Prospect | Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Hotaling | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Machado Property | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mccay Property | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Indian Gulch | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Agua Fria | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Mount Bullion | 5.9 miles | 31 | |
| Mariposa | 7.9 miles | 25 | |
| Mormon Bar | 8.2 miles | 25 | |
| Hornitos | 8.9 miles | 28 | |
| Ben Hur | 9.3 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.
| Wikipedia article on Catheys Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458694 | 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 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.









