Crestview, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mammoth Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93546. It stands on Glass Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crestview quadrangle. It stands 7,520 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1914 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1914 USGS Mt. Morrison quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Cowtrack Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Benton Range quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Crestview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,754 acres in total. 82 started naturally. 3 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 | 82 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | PUMICE |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | BIG HORN |
| 30 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | OBSIDIAN |
| 27 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | TREE |
| 24 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Inyo National Forest | CLARK |
| 24 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | GLASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Crestview: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbon | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Crestview Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Crestview Pumice | Pumice | Unknown |
Storms near this place
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crestview in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 7 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flood | Crestview | $500 | Deadman campground closed due to flooding along Deadman Creek. No damage to campground property noted just the loss of income from the closed campsites. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Crestview | - | Rainfall totals at the mesonet station DEXC1 Dexter. |
| July 2024 | Debris Flow | Crestview | - | Law enforcement reported a debris flow located 1.0 mi SSE of Crestview, CA, with large boulders in the roadway due to heavy rain in the area. |
| September 2023 | Heavy Rain | Crestview | - | A mesonet station (DEXC1-Dexter) located 13.0 mi ENE Crestview, CA, reported a storm total rainfall amount of 0.74 inches. |
| October 2023 | Heavy Rain | Crestview | - | A mesonet station (DEXC1- Dexter) located 13.0 mi ENE of Crestview, CA, reported a total rainfall amount of 1.13 inches. |
| August 2022 | Heavy Rain | Crestview | - | Mesonet station (CRVC1) located near Crestview, CA., and Mesonet station (DEXC1) located 13 mi ENE of Crestview, CA, (near 2021 Dexter fire scar) reported rainfall totals of 0.92 and 3.33 inches respectively. |
| December 2019 | Heavy Rain | Crestview | - | RAWS CRVC1 near Crestview reported 1.86 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 6 December 1753PST to 8 December 1753PST at an elevation of 7570 feet MSL. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Crestview | - | Mesonet station DEXC1, 13 miles east-northeast of Crestview (elevation 7981 feet) reported 0.59 inches of rainfall within an hour period from 1 August 1353PST to 1453PST. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Crestview | - | Mesonet station DEXC1, 13 miles east-northeast of Crestview (elevation 7981 feet) reported 1.00 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 11 July 1653PST to 12 July 1653PST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| June Lake | 5.2 miles | 31 | |
| June Lake Junction | 5.6 miles | 31 | |
| Mammoth Lakes | 7.2 miles | 29 | |
| Old Mammoth | 8.7 miles | 29 | |
| Mill City (historical) | 9.0 miles | 29 | |
| Mono Mills | 9.4 miles | 23 | |
| Lake Mary | 10.6 miles | 31 | |
| Benton Crossing | 12.2 miles | 28 |
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 Q1139754 | 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 1655939. 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.








