Jerseydale, 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 95338. It lies near Portuguese Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Buckingham Mountain quadrangle. It stands 3,779 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 Buckingham Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS El Portal quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Buckingham Mtn 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 Buckingham Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Buckingham Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Jerseydale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,545 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 290 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | BRIDGE |
| 30 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | SCOTT |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CATHEDRAL |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | FOOTMAN |
| 29 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | DARRAH RD / WHISPERING PI |
| 29 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | HITE |
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.9 acres | Sierra National Forest | RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 98 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 98 workings within 5 miles of Jerseydale: 49 past producers, 22 occurrences, 14 prospects, 8 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Gulch | Gold, Platinum, Cobalt, Nickel, Tin | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Devils Gulch | PGE, Cobalt, Nickel, Tin | Unknown | ||
| Diatomite Occurrence | Diatomite | Producer | ||
| Early | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1884 | |
| Early | Gold, Tungsten, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Emma I | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Feliciana | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Marble Point | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Monte Cristo Group | Gold, Antimony, Copper | Past Producer | Gold, Tetrahedrite | |
| Black Oak | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Copper, Gold, Silver |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jerseydale in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Debris Flow | Jerseydale | - | California Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway on Jerseydale Rd. 5E Midpines. |
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.
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 Jerseydale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6185016 | 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 1659737. 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.













