Cedar Slope, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Springville-Johnsondale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93265. It stands on Boulder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Camp Nelson quadrangle. 10 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,584 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1904 USGS Kaweah quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Kaweah quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1937 USGS Kaweah quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Camp Nelson quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 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
- 1978 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Camp Nelson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Slope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,778 acres in total. 42 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 | 42 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | PEPPERMINT |
| 7 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | SLATE |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | MOUNTAINEER |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | SLATE |
| 3 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | FREEMAN |
| 3 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | WISHON |
| 3 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | JORDAN |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | SNAG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Slope: 6 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic and Soda Springs | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Barber-Witt | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Iron Capping | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Iron Capping Group | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Mable H. Quartz Claim | Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Sugar Lime | Limestone, General | Prospect | ||
| Three Point Nos. 1 and 2 | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Elder Berry | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Elder Berry | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Mcgeorge | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Nelson | 1.6 miles | 28 | |
| Quaker Meadow | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Ponderosa | 3.8 miles | 27 | |
| Smith Mill | 5.7 miles | 26 | |
| Mountain Home | 8.8 miles | 27 | |
| Wheatons | 10.2 miles | 26 | |
| Johnsondale | 11.9 miles | 22 | |
| Soda Springs | 12.0 miles | 27 |
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 Slope | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5056895 | 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 1660453. 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.












