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.
Then and now
1897 to 2004The 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 sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 35 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.
- 1897 USGS Yosemite quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Yosemite quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Yosemite quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Yosemite quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS El Portal quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS El Portal quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS El Portal quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Yosemite Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS El Portal quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS El Portal quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Sierra National Forest | GIMASOL |
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | NEIGHBOR |
| 28 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | CENTER |
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.9 acres | Sierra National Forest | RIDGE |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | TRUMBULL |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | NEDS |
| 25 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | INCLINE |
| 23 September 1999 | Natural | 15 acres | Stanislaus National Forest | GRIZZLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 139 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Grizzly Group | Gold, Tungsten | Occurrence | Gold, Scheelite | |
| Clearinghouse | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1860 | |
| Devils Gulch | Gold, Platinum, Cobalt, Nickel, Tin | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Devils Gulch | PGE, Cobalt, Nickel, Tin | Unknown | ||
| Diatomite Occurrence | Diatomite | Producer | ||
| Emma I | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Ferguson Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1860 | |
| Grizzly Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Jenkins Hillemory, Richardson, Timertone, Yosemite Cement | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Old Timer | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite |
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Flood | Incline | - | California Highway Patrol reported mud, dirt and rocks blocking the eastbound lane of SR 140 near the intersection of Hites Mine Rd. |
| January 2019 | Debris Flow | Incline | - | 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 2018 | Debris Flow | Incline | - | California Highway Patrol reported debris moving onto State Route 140 and into the Indian Flat Campground near El Portal. |
| February 2017 | Debris Flow | Incline | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearing House | 0.8 miles | 35 | |
| Hite Cove | 1.4 miles | 35 | |
| El Portal | 3.8 miles | 35 | |
| Buena Vista | 4.7 miles | 35 | |
| Foresta | 5.8 miles | 35 | |
| Jerseydale | 6.7 miles | 35 | |
| Briceburg | 7.2 miles | 32 | |
| Yosemite West | 7.2 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.
| Wikipedia article on Incline | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14682466 | 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 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.













