Dardanelle, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It stands on Eagle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dardanelle quadrangle. It stands 5,774 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1896 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 105 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
10 surveys from 27 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.
- 1896 USGS Dardanelles quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1898 USGS Dardanelles quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Dardanelles Cone quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
175 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Dardanelle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,014 acres in total. 129 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 129 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | HAMMIL 2 |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | BALD |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Stanislaus National Forest | PINES |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | NIAGRA 1 |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | VISTA |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | DOUBLE |
| 4 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | EUREKA |
| 30 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | BARN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Dardanelle: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peugh Placer | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Antvnite | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Autunite-Carnotite Group | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Carrigan Mines Inc | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Juniper Claim | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Juniper Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Juniper Mine | Uranium | Prospect | 1955, 1963 | |
| Unidentified | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Unnamed U Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dardanelle in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Lightning | Dardanelle | 1 killed | Thunderstorms developed in the afternoon along the Sierra Nevada crest and spread eastward. Witnesses reported a 66-year old female died in a campground after a lightning strike hit the area. No enter/exit woulds reported to confirm a direct hit. However, evidence would suggest cardiac arrest due to a lightning strike was likely the cause of death. |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Dardanelle | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | Hail to the size of nickels was reported. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Dardanelle | - | Hail to 1 inch in diameter reported in Dardanelle. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagner | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Kennedy Meadow | 5.1 miles | 28 | |
| Cow Creek | 10.9 miles | 28 | |
| Bumblebee | 11.7 miles | 28 | |
| Pinecrest | 13.4 miles | 28 | |
| Strawberry | 13.6 miles | 28 | |
| Cold Springs | 16.9 miles | 28 | |
| Spring Gap | 18.5 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.
| Wikipedia article on Dardanelle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5222415 | 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 1655949. 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.









