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.
Then and now
1897 to 2001The 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 sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1897 USGS Yosemite quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Yosemite quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Yosemite quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Yosemite quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lake Eleanor quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Yosemite Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Lake Eleanor quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Lake Eleanor quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Lake Eleanor quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 69 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | STRAWBERRY |
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | BEAR |
| 6 September 1992 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | POWERLINE |
| 5 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | UPPERCATHE |
| 3 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | DIAMOND |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | EVER |
| 29 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | ASPEN WEST |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | VIKING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molander Tungsten | Tungsten | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoia | 5.6 miles | 28 | |
| Aspen Valley | 5.9 miles | 27 | |
| Harden Flat | 6.9 miles | 28 | |
| Femmons | 9.6 miles | 33 | |
| Colfax Spring | 10.0 miles | 29 | |
| White Wolf | 10.9 miles | 28 | |
| Deadwood | 15.8 miles | 27 | |
| Buchanan | 17.8 miles | 29 |
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 Mather | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6786924 | 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 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.












