Dinkey Creek, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93664. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dinkey Creek quadrangle. It stands 5,987 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 2004The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Dinkey Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Dinkey Creek Bridgelisted 1996
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 28 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.
- 1904 USGS Kaiser quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Huntington 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
- 1982 USGS Dinkey Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Dinkey Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Dinkey Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
161 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Dinkey Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 67 |
| Natural | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | FRESNO |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | DINKEY |
| 6 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | BALD |
| 6 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | ROCK |
| 5 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | TRAIL |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | BALD |
| 4 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | CABIN |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | REESE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Dinkey Creek: 9 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Service Providence Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Richter | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Last Hope | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Providence | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Dinkey Creek | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Dinkey Creek | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Dinkey Creek Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Homer's Tungsten and Little Uncle | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Homers Tungsten Quartz Claim | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Joe Sadler | Tungsten | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bretz Mill | 5.5 miles | 28 | |
| Old Bretz Mill | 7.5 miles | 27 | |
| Sierra Cedars | 8.0 miles | 27 | |
| Ockenden | 8.5 miles | 27 | |
| Shaver Lake | 8.6 miles | 27 | |
| Shaver Lake Heights | 8.7 miles | 27 | |
| Dora Belle | 8.9 miles | 27 | |
| Rock Haven | 9.0 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 Dinkey Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5278367 | 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 1655969. 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.









