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.
Then and now
1916 to 2000The 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.


Compare 1916 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1916 USGS Copperopolis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Copperopolis quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Copperopolis quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Copperopolis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Keystone quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Keystone quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
251 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 97 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 88 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 17 |
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | J59 / OLD DON PEDRO RD |
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 260 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HWY 120 #3 |
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HWY 120 #4 |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SPRINGS |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | 6-1 |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | ULTRA IC |
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | 4.2 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 66 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Rule & Jumper | Gold, Bismuth | Occurrence | ||
| Grassely Claims | Chromium, Iron | Unknown | 1918 | |
| Lone Star | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Perconi Ranch Deposits | Chromium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Table Mountain Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Jasper Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Jasper Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Eggling and Williams Mine | Iron, Chromium | Past Producer | 1875, 1900 | |
| Horseshoe Claim | Iron, Chromium | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Mccormick Mine | Iron, Chromium | Past Producer | 1870 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hetch Hetchy Junction | 2.6 miles | 28 | |
| Yosemite Junction | 4.0 miles | 28 | |
| Chinese Camp | 4.7 miles | 28 | |
| Black Jack Bluffs | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Montezuma | 5.6 miles | 28 | |
| Stent | 7.6 miles | 28 | |
| Quartz | 7.9 miles | 28 | |
| Woods Crossing | 8.2 miles | 28 |
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 Q6398429 | 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 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.










