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Kennedy Meadow, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95364. It stands on Deadman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sonora Pass quadrangle.

Kennedy Meadow within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1896 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kennedy Meadow, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Kennedy Meadow, surveyed 1896

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Kennedy Meadow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 350 acres in total. 86 started naturally. None was 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
Natural86
Recreation and ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreStanislaus National ForestSILVER
6 September 2001Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestCHIPMUNK 2
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestBALD
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestTHREE
4 September 1994Smokingunder an acreStanislaus National ForestEUREKA
30 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestBAKER
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreStanislaus National ForestGATE
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestPIDGEON 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Kennedy Meadow: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Bentonite. 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
McKittrick PitBentonitePast Producer
Silver Mine Creek ProspectGold, Lead, ZincUnknown
Peugh PlacerGoldUnknown
Carrigan Mines IncUraniumPast Producer
Juniper ClaimUraniumProducer
Juniper MineUraniumPast ProducerSedimentary
Juniper MineUraniumProspect1955, 1963
UnidentifiedUraniumProducer

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
Dardanelle5.1 miles27
Wagner7.7 miles27
Cow Creek14.0 miles28
Bumblebee14.6 miles28
Pinecrest15.5 miles28
Strawberry16.0 miles28
Cold Springs19.3 miles28
Spring Gap21.3 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1652887. 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.