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Lakewood Park, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95383. The Survey maps it on the Twain Harte quadrangle.

Lakewood Park within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1891 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lakewood Park, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Lakewood Park, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 30 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

560 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 560 fires within 5 miles of Lakewood Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 692 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined190
Debris and open burning158
Equipment and vehicle use70
Arson/incendiarism35
Recreation and ceremony32
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Natural25
Smoking14
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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 2012Smokingunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitTUOLUMNE
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestLEWIS
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestLIZZY 1
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.2 acresTuolumne-Calaveras Unit3N90
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCAYLOR
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLAKEVIEW
7 September 2006Smoking1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitF #691 - FC ULVEVADET
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreStanislaus National ForestBUCHANAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 122 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 122 workings within 5 miles of Lakewood Park: 49 occurrences, 30 past producers, 21 producers, 12 prospects. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Lead, Silver. 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
BelleviewGold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
DreisamGold, Zinc, Lead, IronProducerGalena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Hazel DellGold, Lead, Silver, CopperOccurrence
HenningGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Jack Fray RanchManganeseOccurrence
Mildred LloydGold, Copper, Lead, SilverProspect
Morning GloryGold, Copper, LeadOccurrence
New MamothLead, ZincOccurrence
Pink Rock Qtz.Quartz, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Sivori and Lucky Strike GroupTungsten, GoldOccurrenceScheelite

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
Lakewood Highlands0.4 miles30
Confidence0.7 miles30
Sugarpine0.8 miles30
Twain Harte Valley0.9 miles30
Lynnwood Estates1.1 miles30
Black Oak Estates1.3 miles30
Twain Harte1.3 miles30
Cedar Pines Vista1.4 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1809399. 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.