Grub Gulch, California

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.

1912 1980

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.

• 1912 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
• 1947 USGS Horsecamp Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1948 USGS Horsecamp Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
• 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
• 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
• 1980 USGS Shaver Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Grub Gulch (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 348 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 13 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Ahwahnee
• Bailey Flats (historical)
• Ahwahnee Estates
• Nipinnawasee
• Sugar Pine

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 121 workings within 5 miles of Grub Gulch (historical): 65 past producers, 41 prospects, 10 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Arsenic. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Madera County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

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.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1812618. 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.