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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.

Central Camp within Madera County

Then and now

1904 to 2004

The 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 sheet of Central Camp, surveyed 2004
Topographic sheet of Central Camp, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

170 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined47
Recreation and ceremony41
Natural24
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSierra National ForestFORK
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitCENTRAL
4 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSierra National ForestSHUTEYE
3 September 2006Smokingunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitWEBBER
28 September 2003Smokingunder an acreSierra National ForestNORTH
26 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSierra National ForestCHILKOOT
23 September 1993Smokingunder an acreSierra National ForestCENTRAL
22 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestGRAHAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Silver Horde MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, TungstenUnknown
Cedar ClaimTungstenProspect
Love & Ibbeston, Lucky Day #1TungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Love & Ibbetson ProspectTungstenProspect
Lucky Day No. 1 ClaimTungstenProspect
Seller's MineTungstenUnknown

Every working recorded in Madera County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2020Tornado (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.

Every storm recorded in Madera County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
The Pines4.2 miles24
Bass Lake4.7 miles24
Whisky Falls4.9 miles24
Bass Lake Annex6.0 miles24
Old Corral6.6 miles24
Yosemite Forks7.9 miles25
South Fork8.2 miles27
Cascadel Woods8.3 miles27

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 CampAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5060502The 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.