Indian Creek, California
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Angels City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95247. It lies near Mineral Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Murphys quadrangle. It stands 2,979 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 2001The 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.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 34 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.
- 1891 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Murphys quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Murphys quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Murphys quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
297 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Indian Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,118 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 23 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 | 90 |
| Debris and open burning | 87 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 48 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING #36 |
| 9 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING #43 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Stanislaus National Forest | GRISWOLD |
| 8 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | AVERY |
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | 2-9 |
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | 4-4 |
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | 4-3 |
| 5 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,280 acres | Stanislaus National Forest | DARBY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 336 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 336 workings within 5 miles of Indian Creek: 131 occurrences, 115 past producers, 70 unknowns, 17 producers. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chas P Snyder Property | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Collier Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony | Past Producer | Antimony, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| Douglas Flat | Gold, Platinum | Producer | 1848 | |
| Douglas Flat | Gold, PGE | Unknown | ||
| Marjon | Cobalt, Nickel | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Murphy Divide Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Murphys | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Oro Plata Mine | Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| Oro Y Plata | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tin, Zinc, Mercury | Past Producer | Cinnabar, Gold, Stibnite | |
| Sheep Ranch Mine | Silver, Gold, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1867 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Vista | 1.6 miles | 34 | |
| Hanford Hill | 1.7 miles | 34 | |
| Forest Meadows | 1.8 miles | 34 | |
| Timber Trails | 2.1 miles | 34 | |
| Sheep Ranch | 2.5 miles | 34 | |
| Wyldewood | 2.7 miles | 34 | |
| Red Apple | 2.8 miles | 34 | |
| Rocky Hill | 3.0 miles | 34 |
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 Q6020112 | 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 1804879. 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.












