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Mather, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95321. The Survey maps it on the Lake Eleanor quadrangle. It stands 4,521 feet above sea level.

Mather within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1897 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mather, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Mather, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Mather between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,897 acres in total. 69 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
Natural69
Recreation and ceremony21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2009Fireworksunder an acreStanislaus National ForestSTRAWBERRY
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestBEAR
6 September 1992Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreYosemite National ParkPOWERLINE
5 September 2004Naturalunder an acreYosemite National ParkUPPERCATHE
3 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreStanislaus National ForestDIAMOND
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStanislaus National ForestEVER
29 September 1997Naturalunder an acreYosemite National ParkASPEN WEST
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acreYosemite National ParkVIKING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mather: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten. 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
Molander TungstenTungstenOccurrence

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
Sequoia5.6 miles28
Aspen Valley5.9 miles27
Harden Flat6.9 miles28
Femmons9.6 miles33
Colfax Spring10.0 miles29
White Wolf10.9 miles28
Deadwood15.8 miles27
Buchanan17.8 miles29

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 MatherAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6786924The 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 263264. 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.