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Cuesta Serena, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sonora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95370. The Survey maps it on the Sonora quadrangle.

Cuesta Serena within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cuesta Serena, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Cuesta Serena, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

863 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 863 fires within 5 miles of Cuesta Serena between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,192 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 50 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/undetermined353
Equipment and vehicle use194
Debris and open burning129
Misuse of fire by a minor58
Arson/incendiarism50
Smoking28
Power generation/transmission/distribution22
Natural21
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
Firearms and explosives use1

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
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMONO
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#21
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING#37
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTING 24
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFERENCZY
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCAMPBELL
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitRAWHIDE
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitGREENLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 289 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 289 workings within 5 miles of Cuesta Serena: 112 unknowns, 74 past producers, 45 producers, 41 occurrences. 46 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Copper. 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
B Brown We Finch Ad HunterTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Ft Lillard ClaimsCopper, IronProspect
HitchcockGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Jamestown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mackey MineChromium, IronPast Producer1860, 1908
Mackey RanchCopper, Gold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer
Quigg MineIron, ChromiumPast Producer1908
Reported OccurenceSlate, DimensionOccurrence
Reported OccurenceBerylliumOccurrence
Seminole GroupGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
Volponi Acres1.6 miles28
Mother Lode West1.6 miles28
Campo Seco1.7 miles28
Fairway Acres1.7 miles28
Jamestown2.0 miles28
Rolling Hills2.1 miles28
Quartz2.2 miles28
Sonora Hills2.3 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.

Wikidata item Q122554044The 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 1785553. 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.