Kanawyers, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Sierra census division. It stands on Copper Creek. The Survey maps it on The Sphinx quadrangle. It stands 5,020 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 89 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 29 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.
- 1903 USGS Tehipite quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Tehipite quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Marion Peak quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Marion Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Mount Whitney quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS The Sphinx quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS The Sphinx quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Kanawyers between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,633 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 45 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Natural | 282 acres | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | SPHINX |
| 8 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | GALLATS |
| 4 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | SPHINX CK |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | BUBBS |
| 26 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | CANYONVIEW |
| 25 September 1994 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | GRANITE |
| 2 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | SENTINEL |
| 15 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | BAILEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Kanawyers: 11 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan Prospect | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite | |
| Buchanan Prospect | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Badders | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence |
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 Grove | 4.5 miles | 28 | |
| Hume Station | 17.0 miles | 27 | |
| Hume | 17.4 miles | 27 | |
| Millwood (historical) | 22.5 miles | 23 | |
| Neffs Camp | 23.1 miles | 23 | |
| Cedarbrook | 23.3 miles | 23 | |
| Goodmill | 23.3 miles | 25 | |
| Etheda Springs | 23.5 miles | 23 |
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 Q6360839 | 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 252709. 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.













