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Indian Lakes Estates, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Yosemite Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93614. It lies near Quartz Mountain. The Survey maps it on the O'Neals quadrangle. It stands 2,247 feet above sea level.

Indian Lakes Estates within Madera County

Then and now

1912 to 1980

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.

Topographic sheet of Indian Lakes Estates, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Indian Lakes Estates, surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

344 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 344 fires within 5 miles of Indian Lakes Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,616 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined130
Equipment and vehicle use81
Debris and open burning57
Arson/incendiarism33
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Natural9
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony3
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
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictSEMINOLE
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitTRABUCCO
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitKLIEWER
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBROKEN
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitRD 400 / RD 415 7
4 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1637
30 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitMODOC
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitSTRAWBERRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Indian Lakes Estates: 31 past producers, 17 prospects, 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Ecke Rare Earth PropertiesTitanium, REEOccurrence
Quartz MtnGold, ArsenicPast ProducerUnderground
WaterlooGold, LeadPast ProducerUnderground
Big Ben and Big Ben No. 1 ClaimsSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Scott ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Stewart and Nuss ProspectManganeseOccurrenceRhodonite, Spessartite
Yukon JakeManganeseUnknown
FlorenceGold, SilverUnknown
HardscrabbleGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madera 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
Narbo (historical)1.2 miles25
Willow Glen (historical)1.5 miles25
Fine Gold3.5 miles26
Coarsegold3.7 miles25
Magnet (historical)4.2 miles25
Yosemite Lakes Park5.1 miles23
Yosemite Lakes5.1 miles23
Fresno Crossing5.3 miles23

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 Indian Lakes EstatesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6020868The 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 1812715. 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.