Coarsegold, California
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Yosemite Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93614. It lies near Deadwood Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Ahwahnee quadrangle. 4,144 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,218 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1912 to 2004The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1912 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresCoarsegold grew from 1,840 to 4,144 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,840 | |
| 2020 | 4,144 | +2,304 (+125%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 25 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.
- 1912 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Bass 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
- 1990 USGS Ahwahnee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Ahwahnee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
338 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 338 fires within 5 miles of Coarsegold between 1992 and 2020, burning about 614 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 33 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 | 128 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | SEMINOLE |
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | TRABUCCO |
| 8 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | GULCH |
| 8 September 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | LAKE |
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | SPRINGS |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BROKEN |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | PINE |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | RD 400 / RD 415 7 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 98 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 98 workings within 5 miles of Coarsegold: 53 past producers, 32 prospects, 8 unknowns, 4 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Tungsten, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Canyon Claim | Asbestos | Unknown | ||
| Ecke Rare Earth Properties | Titanium, REE | Occurrence | ||
| Owl No. 1 and 2 | Gold, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Quartz Mtn | Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Savannah, Etal Claims | Gold, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Waterloo | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Gertrude M. | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Jordan Ranch | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Owl No. 1 and No. 2 | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Swede Gulch | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coarsegold in 16 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 5 flood, 3 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2010 | Flood | Coarsegold | $75,000 | Heavy rain caused widespread urban and poor drainage flooding on the morning of the 29th across much of the San Joaquin Valley. Especially hard hit were the metro areas of Fresno, Visalia, and Bakersfield, and the adjacent foothills. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coarsegold | $75,000 | Tree down and roof damage to a house in Yosemite Lakes Park. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Coarsegold | $30,000 | A trained SKYWARN weather spotter reported numerous windshields broken in the Coarsegold area and along SR 41 near the Chukchansi Report. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Coarsegold | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding on Seminole Ave. near Delaware Rd. caused the roadway to collapse. |
| January 2023 | Debris Flow | Coarsegold | - | California Highway Patrol reported a mudslide on SR 41 at Road 415 in Coarsegold. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Coarsegold | - | California Highway Patrol reported dirt, rocks and mud on SR 41 near Old Corral Rd. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Coarsegold | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding a quarter mile from SR 41 on Serpa Canyon Rd. |
| December 2022 | Debris Flow | Coarsegold | - | California Highway Patrol reported a rockslide at the intersection of SR 41 and Coyote Hollow Dr. near Coarsegold. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Coarsegold | - | California Highway Patrol reported a mudslide along SR 41 just to the south of Coarsegold resulting in a brief closure of SR 41. |
| March 2018 | Flood | Coarsegold | - | Madera County Public Works reported Road 417 was closed just west of Huron Rd. due to flooding. |
| February 2015 | Heavy Rain | Coarsegold | - | Rainfall of 1 to 1.5 inches resulted in roadway flooding along Highway 41 near Coarsegold and a small mudslide 7 miles SSE of Coarsegold. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Coarsegold | - | Local broadcast media reported Nickel size hail near Coarsegold. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Coarsegold | - | A trained SKYWARN spotter reported 1 inch of rain in only 45 minutes in Coarsegold. Several mudslides reported on SR 41 near Coarsegold. |
| April 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Coarsegold | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Heavy Rain | Coarsegold | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Coarsegold | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narbo (historical) | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Willow Glen (historical) | 3.5 miles | 25 | |
| Indian Lakes Estates | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Fresno Crossing | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| Oakhurst | 5.3 miles | 25 | |
| Grub Gulch (historical) | 5.7 miles | 25 | |
| Yosemite Lakes | 6.2 miles | 23 | |
| Fine Gold | 6.6 miles | 26 |
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 Coarsegold | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459084 | 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 258494. 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.








