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Lakeshore, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93634. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kaiser Peak quadrangle. It stands 6,995 feet above sea level.

Lakeshore within Fresno County

Then and now

1904 to 2004

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lakeshore, surveyed 2004
Topographic sheet of Lakeshore, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 29 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Lakeshore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 80 started naturally. 5 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
Natural80
Recreation and ceremony36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2

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
8 September 2015Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestHUCKLEBERRY
8 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSierra National ForestIDAHO
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSierra National ForestHUNTINGTON
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSierra National ForestSHADY
30 September 2008Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestBUTTE
3 September 2003Natural2.5 acresSierra National ForestCOARSEGRASS
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestPOTTER
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestPASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Lakeshore: 10 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Asbestos. 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
Reported OccurrenceAsbestosOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMagnesiteOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMicaOccurrence
White LodesLimestone, DimensionProspect
Twin LakesStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Lucky Blue Tungsten MinesTungstenPast Producer
Prior Lake ClaimTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Prior Lake ClaimTungstenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeshore in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 3 flood, 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023FloodLakeshore-California Highway Patrol reported a large tree washed up and was blocking both lanes of SR 168 at Huntington Lake Rd.
December 2022Debris FlowLakeshore-California Highway Patrol reported a 500 pound boulder on the roadway just east of Huntington Lake.
December 2022FloodLakeshore-California Highway Patrol reported a huge boulder on the roadway on SR 168 4E Huntington Lake.
March 2018FloodLakeshore-California Highway Patrol reported a rock slide covering half of the roadway on State Route 168 at Huntington Lake Rd.

Every storm recorded in Fresno 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
Cedar Crest1.5 miles27
Snow Bend2.8 miles29
Huntington Lake3.6 miles27
Big Creek5.0 miles27
Camp Sierra6.2 miles28
Mono Hot Springs9.8 miles29
Dinkey Creek11.6 miles28
Rock Haven11.6 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.

Wikipedia article on LakeshoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6479012The 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 1658931. 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.