Central Camp, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Oakhurst-North Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93643. It stands on Timber Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shuteye Peak quadrangle. It stands 5,417 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.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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 Shuteye Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Shaver Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Shuteye Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Shuteye Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
170 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Central Camp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 41 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | FORK |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | CENTRAL |
| 4 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | SHUTEYE |
| 3 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | WEBBER |
| 28 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | NORTH |
| 26 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | CHILKOOT |
| 23 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | CENTRAL |
| 22 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | GRAHAM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Central Camp: 3 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Horde Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Cedar Claim | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Love & Ibbeston, Lucky Day #1 | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Love & Ibbetson Prospect | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Lucky Day No. 1 Claim | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Seller's Mine | Tungsten | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Central Camp 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 (EF2) | Central Camp | - | Storm survey conducted by on site NWS IMET. EF2 damage just north of Mammoth Pool, inside Wagner Campground and near Chawanakee Joint Elementary School. Multiple 2 foot diameter trees were snapped 20-30 feet up with branches and bark removed. The firewhirl prodcued estimated winds at 115-125 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pines | 4.2 miles | 24 | |
| Bass Lake | 4.7 miles | 24 | |
| Whisky Falls | 4.9 miles | 24 | |
| Bass Lake Annex | 6.0 miles | 24 | |
| Old Corral | 6.6 miles | 24 | |
| Yosemite Forks | 7.9 miles | 25 | |
| South Fork | 8.2 miles | 27 | |
| Cascadel Woods | 8.3 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 Central Camp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5060502 | 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 1658252. 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.








