Cedar Grove, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Sierra census division. It stands on Hotel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Grove quadrangle. It stands 4,610 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Cedar Grove
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Knapp Cabinlisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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.
- 1903 USGS Tehipite quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Tehipite quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Marion Peak quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Marion Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Mount Whitney quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Cedar Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Cedar Grove quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,575 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 4 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 | 74 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Sequoia National Forest | WILDMAN |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | WILDERNESS |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | SENTINEL |
| 3 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.3 acres | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | SHEEP CREEK |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | MITCHELL |
| 27 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | WILLIAMS |
| 26 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | CANYONVIEW |
| 25 September 1994 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | GRANITE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Grove: 7 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Molybdenum, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenawyer | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Buchanan Prospect | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite | |
| Buchanan Prospect | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Badders | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Grove in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 3 wildfire, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flood | Cedar Grove | $2,000 | Park Service officials reported Lewis Creek near Cedar Grove had flooded and overflowed its banks. This flooding was in response to rapid snowmelt in the Southern Sierra Nevada. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Cedar Grove | - | California Highway Patrol reported water and debris across Kings Canyon Road in several places between Lewis and Hotel Creeks in Cedar Grove. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Cedar Grove | - | Sugarloaf RAWS measured 1.10 inches of rainfall between 111 pm PDT and 511 pm PDT. More than half of the rain fell between 211 pm PDT and 311 pm PDT while a slow moving thunderstorm impacted the area. |
| October 2018 | Debris Flow | Cedar Grove | - | Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park rangers reported large boulders on State Route 180 in Kings Canyon. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Cedar Grove | - | One hour rainfall amount, from a heavy thunderstorm, was 1.06 inches. |
| September 2001 | Wildfire | Cedar Grove | - | The Burnt Fire details are available in the August 2001 Stormdata. |
| July 2001 | Wildfire | Cedar Grove | - | Details on the Burnt Fire can be found in the August 2001 Stormdata. |
| August 2001 | Wildfire | Cedar Grove | - | The cost to contain the Burnt Fire is unknown. This lightning caused fire started on July 30th but no spot forecasts were requested to fight the fire until August 11th. The fire burned 1879 acres from July 30th through September 28th. The fire was managed for resource benefit. No fatalities, injuries, or structures were lost. |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Cedar Grove | - | Lightning activity in the Kings Canyon National Park led to a power outage in the park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawyers | 4.5 miles | 29 | |
| Hume Station | 12.4 miles | 27 | |
| Hume | 12.9 miles | 27 | |
| Millwood (historical) | 18.0 miles | 23 | |
| Neffs Camp | 18.7 miles | 23 | |
| Goodmill | 18.7 miles | 25 | |
| Cedarbrook | 18.8 miles | 23 | |
| Etheda Springs | 19.1 miles | 23 |
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 Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5056694 | 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 1655878. 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.













