Lerona, California
27 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 93602. The Survey maps it on the Cascadel Point quadrangle. It stands 2,789 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 2004The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 27 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.
- 1904 USGS Kaiser quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Shaver Lake quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Shaver Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Cascadel Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Cascadel Point quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Cascadel Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
245 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Lerona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,001 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 56 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 | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | CARBON |
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | POWERHOUSE |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Sierra National Forest | CORRINE |
| 6 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Sierra National Forest | JOSE 2 |
| 6 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.7 acres | Sierra National Forest | JOSE |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | ACORN |
| 4 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MISSION |
| 4 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | RAINBOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lerona: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Chromium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported Deposits | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Sherman | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Clyde | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Hughes Claim | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Hughes Claim | Tungsten | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathews Mill | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Meadow Lakes | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| New Auberry | 4.3 miles | 26 | |
| Auberry | 4.4 miles | 26 | |
| Alder Springs | 4.6 miles | 26 | |
| Pineridge | 5.9 miles | 27 | |
| Rock Haven | 5.9 miles | 28 | |
| Dora Belle | 6.0 miles | 27 |
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 Lerona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6528866 | 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 1656125. 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.









