Knights Ferry, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Oakdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95361. It stands on Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Knights Ferry quadrangle. 112 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Then and now
1916 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Knights Ferry
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Knight's Ferry BridgeNational Historic Landmark · listed 2012 · 0.5 miles away
Knights Ferrylisted 1975 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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 Knights Ferry quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
224 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Knights Ferry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,840 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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 | 94 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 85 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 573 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | TULLOCH |
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HWY 108 / KENNEDY RD |
| 8 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | SCHELL |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | MAXWELL |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | FRYMIRE |
| 5 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | RODDEN |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ORANGE BLOSSOM RD OAKDAL |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.8 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | TULLOCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Knights Ferry: 13 unknowns, 10 occurrences, 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mineral Pigments. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hughes Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Jackass | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Winkler Property | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| California Ocher Mining Co. | Mineral Pigments | Occurrence | ||
| Voyle | Mineral Pigments | Past Producer | ||
| Weidman Ranch | Mineral Pigments | Occurrence | ||
| Bartlett Ranch | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| California Ochre Mining Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Voyle | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Weidman Ranch Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knights Ferry in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2023: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knights Ferry | $1,000 | Tree down across Schell Rd. There was a gust to 42 mph measured at Modesto Airport. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Knights Ferry | - | The California Highway Patrol reported flooding across SR 108 where the roadway dips down. |
| December 2022 | Flood | Knights Ferry | - | Roadway flooding reported near State Route 120/108 and Kennedy Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Blossom | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Arnold (historical) | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Paulsell | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Warnerville | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| East Oakdale | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Cooperstown | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Oakdale | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Adela | 10.4 miles | 15 |
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 Knights Ferry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1755284 | 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 1658915. 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.









