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Fresno Crossing, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Yosemite Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93614. It lies near Bean Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Knowles quadrangle. It stands 1,102 feet above sea level.

Fresno Crossing within Madera County

Then and now

1912 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fresno Crossing, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Fresno Crossing, surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

393 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 393 fires within 5 miles of Fresno Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,111 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 41 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/undetermined138
Equipment and vehicle use91
Debris and open burning73
Arson/incendiarism41
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Natural8
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictSEMINOLE
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitTRABUCCO
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitGULCH
8 September 2013Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitLAKE
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitSPRINGS
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitKLIEWER
8 September 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitBEN HUR
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitRD 400 / RD 415 7

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Fresno Crossing: 32 past producers, 13 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Manganese. 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
Scott ProspectManganeseOccurrence
R. and W. Tungsten Co. ClaimsTungstenPast Producer
Ruby Tungsten MineTungstenPast Producer
Jordan RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
Pierce RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
Polk RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
Swede GulchGold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer
Whitman RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
AlbionGoldPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Madera 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
Yosemite Lakes3.2 miles23
Yosemite Lakes Park3.8 miles23
Willow Glen (historical)4.0 miles25
Narbo (historical)4.2 miles25
Coarsegold4.3 miles25
Indian Lakes Estates5.3 miles25
Knowles5.4 miles23
Hillside (historical)5.9 miles24

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 Fresno CrossingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5503176The 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 252679. 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.