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Crabtree, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Sierra census division. It stands on Davis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Verplank Ridge quadrangle. It stands 1,358 feet above sea level.

Crabtree within Fresno County

Then and now

1922 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Crabtree, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Crabtree, surveyed 1922

Compare 1922 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Crabtree between 1992 and 2019, burning about 137 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestDUDE
18 September 1992Naturalunder an acreSequoia National Forestnot named
14 September 2011Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestDELILAH
14 September 2011Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestLOUSY
13 September 2011Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestMCKENZIE
12 September 2017Natural30 acresSequoia National ForestDAVIS
30 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestSPRING FIRE
25 August 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestKIRCH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Crabtree: 15 unknowns, 11 past producers, 10 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Garnet DikeTungsten, Molybdenum, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Southerland ClaimGold, Silver, TungstenUnknown
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence
CenterGold, SilverOccurrence
George GartonSilverUnknown
Olympia ClaimGold, SilverUnknown
Peeler ClaimGold, SilverUnknown
RuthSilver, GoldUnknown
Southern Extension Sic of NuggetGold, SilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Fresno 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
Rodgers Crossing2.1 miles25
Balch Camp4.5 miles26
Goodmill5.6 miles25
Dunlap7.4 miles23
Millwood (historical)8.2 miles23
Sawmill Flat9.5 miles26
Hume10.2 miles27
Hume Station10.4 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.

Wikidata item Q5180280The 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 1658340. 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.