Femmons, California
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It stands on Femmons Meadows. The Survey maps it on the Duckwall Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 33 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.
- 1893 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1898 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Duckwall Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Tuolumne quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Duckwall Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Duckwall Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Duckwall Mtn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Femmons between 1992 and 2019, burning about 103 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 5 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 | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | NIAGARA |
| 7 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | PLUM |
| 6 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | JAWBONE |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | JAWBONE |
| 24 September 2011 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Stanislaus National Forest | JAWBONE |
| 8 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | LONG BARN |
| 7 August 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Stanislaus National Forest | LAVA |
| 6 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Stanislaus National Forest | WOODS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Femmons: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clavey River | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| T.J. Fromm's Properties | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Blue Eagle | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Kanaka | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| North Fork No. 1 | Gold | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadwood | 6.4 miles | 27 | |
| Colfax Spring | 8.1 miles | 29 | |
| Buchanan | 9.0 miles | 29 | |
| Harden Flat | 9.6 miles | 28 | |
| Mather | 9.6 miles | 27 | |
| Sequoia | 11.3 miles | 28 | |
| Tuolumne | 11.5 miles | 29 | |
| Arastraville | 11.6 miles | 29 |
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 Q122573484 | 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 260076. 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.













