Cedar Crest, California
27 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 93634. It stands on Huckleberry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Huntington Lake quadrangle. It stands 7,077 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 2004The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 27 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.
- 1904 USGS Kaiser quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Huntington Lake quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Shaver Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Huntington Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 2004 USGS Huntington Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Crest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 379,925 acres in total. 68 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 68 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | HUCKLEBERRY |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | HUNTINGTON |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 379,895 acres | Sierra National Forest | CREEK |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | SHADY |
| 30 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | BUTTE |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Sierra National Forest | COARSEGRASS |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | POTTER |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | TAMARACK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Crest: 7 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| White Lodes | Limestone, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Twin Lakes | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Prior Lake Claim | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Prior Lake Claim | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Question and Twin Lakes Claim | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Twin Lake Occurences | Tungsten | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Crest in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Cedar Crest | - | Storm survey conducted by on site NWS IMET near Huntington Lake indicating winds of 90-107 mph consistent with an EF1 tornado. The firewhirl was a result of unprecedented fire behavior. Video and pictures show large live 15 inch diameter trees snapped. Several large root balls from the trees were completely pulled out of the ground. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore | 1.5 miles | 29 | |
| Huntington Lake | 2.1 miles | 27 | |
| Big Creek | 3.6 miles | 27 | |
| Snow Bend | 4.3 miles | 29 | |
| Camp Sierra | 4.9 miles | 28 | |
| Rock Haven | 10.3 miles | 28 | |
| Dora Belle | 11.1 miles | 27 | |
| Dinkey Creek | 11.2 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 Cedar Crest | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5056655 | 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 276229. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








