O'Neals, California
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Yosemite Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93645. It lies near Mercer Mountain. The Survey maps it on the O'Neals quadrangle. It stands 1,309 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1912 to 1980The same ground, surveyed 68 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 25 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.
- 1912 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Millerton Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Millerton Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Millerton Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS O'Neals quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Shaver Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
249 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of O'Neals between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,288 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 12 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 | 96 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | RD 200 / MERCER RD |
| 7 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | 41 |
| 5 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | LILY |
| 3 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | WELLS |
| 27 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | 41 IC 7 |
| 27 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | 41 |
| 27 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | CASE |
| 22 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | SPRING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 76 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 76 workings within 5 miles of O'Neals: 35 past producers, 31 prospects, 8 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Mtn | Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Mt. Tungsten Prospect | Tungsten | Producer | Scheelite | |
| Mt. Tungsten Prospect | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Old Reed | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Old Reed | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Florence | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Hardscrabble | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Kennedy | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Williams & Parker | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Abbey Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Gold |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnet (historical) | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Hildreth | 3.5 miles | 31 | |
| Yosemite Lakes Park | 5.4 miles | 23 | |
| Indian Springs | 5.7 miles | 31 | |
| Indian Lakes Estates | 5.8 miles | 25 | |
| Willow Glen (historical) | 5.8 miles | 25 | |
| Fine Gold | 5.9 miles | 26 | |
| Yosemite Lakes | 6.0 miles | 23 |
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 O'Neals | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7071892 | 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 234396. 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.









