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Incline, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Mariposa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95318. It lies near Cranberry Gulch. The Survey maps it on the El Portal quadrangle. It stands 1,519 feet above sea level.

Incline within Mariposa County

Then and now

1897 to 2004

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Incline, surveyed 2004
Topographic sheet of Incline, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 35 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Incline between 1992 and 2020, burning about 107,689 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined18
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 1998Natural1.0 acresSierra National ForestGIMASOL
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreYosemite National ParkNEIGHBOR
28 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreYosemite National ParkCENTER
25 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.9 acresSierra National ForestRIDGE
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestTRUMBULL
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestNEDS
25 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreYosemite National ParkINCLINE
23 September 1999Natural15 acresStanislaus National ForestGRIZZLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mariposa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 139 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 139 workings within 5 miles of Incline: 58 occurrences, 55 past producers, 10 producers, 8 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Manganese, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Grizzly GroupGold, TungstenOccurrenceGold, Scheelite
ClearinghouseGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer1860
Devils GulchGold, Platinum, Cobalt, Nickel, TinPast ProducerGold
Devils GulchPGE, Cobalt, Nickel, TinUnknown
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteProducer
Emma IGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerGold
Ferguson MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1860
Grizzly QuarryStoneProducer
Jenkins Hillemory, Richardson, Timertone, Yosemite CementLimestone, GeneralProducer
Old TimerGold, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Mariposa County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Incline in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 3 debris flow, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2023FloodIncline-California Highway Patrol reported mud, dirt and rocks blocking the eastbound lane of SR 140 near the intersection of Hites Mine Rd.
January 2019Debris FlowIncline-State Route 140 was already closed in advance as a Flash Flood Watch was issued for the Ferguson Fire burn area. Approximately 50 yards of debris had to be removed from State Route 140 west of the Yosemite Park entrance as heavy rains resulted in debris flow across the burn area.
October 2018Debris FlowIncline-California Highway Patrol reported debris moving onto State Route 140 and into the Indian Flat Campground near El Portal.
February 2017Debris FlowIncline-California Highway Patrol reported a debris flow from heavy rainfall with a large boulder in the road near State Route 140 and Foresta Road intersection just west of El Portal.

Every storm recorded in Mariposa 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
Clearing House0.8 miles35
Hite Cove1.4 miles35
El Portal3.8 miles35
Buena Vista4.7 miles35
Foresta5.8 miles35
Jerseydale6.7 miles35
Briceburg7.2 miles32
Yosemite West7.2 miles29

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 InclineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14682466The 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 1656087. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.