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Keystone, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Sonora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95327. The Survey maps it on the Keystone quadrangle. It stands 1,083 feet above sea level.

Keystone within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1916 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Keystone, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Keystone, surveyed 1916

Compare 1916 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

251 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Keystone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,022 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined97
Equipment and vehicle use88
Natural16
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Firearms and explosives use2

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 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 17
8 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitJ59 / OLD DON PEDRO RD
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use260 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHWY 120 #3
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHWY 120 #4
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSPRINGS
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras Unit6-1
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitULTRA IC
5 September 2012Natural4.2 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitLAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Keystone: 28 past producers, 15 producers, 10 occurrences, 10 prospects. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Gold, Magnesite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Golden Rule & JumperGold, BismuthOccurrence
Grassely ClaimsChromium, IronUnknown1918
Lone StarGold, SilverPast Producer
Perconi Ranch DepositsChromium, IronProspect
Table Mountain QuarryStoneProducer
Jasper ProspectManganeseProspect1942
Jasper ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Eggling and Williams MineIron, ChromiumPast Producer1875, 1900
Horseshoe ClaimIron, ChromiumPast Producer1918
Mccormick MineIron, ChromiumPast Producer1870

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
Hetch Hetchy Junction2.6 miles28
Yosemite Junction4.0 miles28
Chinese Camp4.7 miles28
Black Jack Bluffs5.5 miles20
Montezuma5.6 miles28
Stent7.6 miles28
Quartz7.9 miles28
Woods Crossing8.2 miles28

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 Q6398429The 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 252712. 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.