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High Sierra Park, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95335. It stands on Wrights Creek. The Survey maps it on the Twain Harte quadrangle.

High Sierra Park within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1891 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of High Sierra Park, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of High Sierra Park, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 30 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

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of High Sierra Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 251 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined80
Debris and open burning52
Natural35
Recreation and ceremony24
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking13
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 1999Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestLEWIS
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestLIZZY 1
9 September 1999Natural4.0 acresStanislaus National ForestBROWNS
9 September 1999Natural4.0 acresStanislaus National ForestSTODDARD 2
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestBALD
9 September 1999Natural3.0 acresStanislaus National ForestFRASER
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.2 acresTuolumne-Calaveras Unit3N90
7 September 2006Smoking1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitF #691 - FC ULVEVADET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of High Sierra Park: 22 occurrences, 16 past producers, 11 producers, 8 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jack Fray RanchManganeseOccurrence
Lucky Strike ClaimGold, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Morning GloryGold, Copper, LeadOccurrence
New MamothLead, ZincOccurrence
Pink Rock Qtz.Quartz, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Sivori and Lucky Strike GroupTungsten, GoldOccurrenceScheelite
WashingtonGold, CopperProspect
Confidence GroupGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Confidence-Lamphere MineGold, SilverPast Producer1853
GemGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
Sylvan Lodge0.5 miles30
Long Barn1.0 miles30
Tall Timber Camp1.4 miles30
Sierra Village1.5 miles30
Mi-Wuk Village2.3 miles30
Sugarpine3.3 miles30
Confidence3.7 miles30
Lakewood Park4.1 miles30

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 Q122563372The 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 276164. 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.