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Old Corral, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Oakhurst-North Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93644. It lies near Taylor Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bass Lake quadrangle. It stands 3,310 feet above sea level.

Old Corral within Madera County

Then and now

1912 to 2004

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Old Corral, surveyed 2004
Topographic sheet of Old Corral, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

520 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 520 fires within 5 miles of Old Corral between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,070 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined219
Debris and open burning74
Equipment and vehicle use59
Recreation and ceremony58
Arson/incendiarism37
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Natural22
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Fireworks2
Other causes2

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 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitHWY 41 OAKHURST
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionACORN DR OAKHURST
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitWINDING
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSierra National ForestKAMOOK
7 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitPINE
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitRIVER FALLS LN OAKHURST
7 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral California DistrictGOLDEN
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionZ1B3A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Old Corral: 6 prospects, 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Broken ShovelGold, SilverProspect
Carol Jane 1 and 2Feldspar, TungstenProspect
Gaylord Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Red LedgeUraniumProspect
Unnamed LocationMolybdenumUnknown
Zircon Springs Mining GroupZirconiumOccurrence
Krohn ProspectManganeseOccurrenceRhodonite, Spessartite
Krohn ProspectManganeseProspect
DorisGoldProspect
Sunset ViewGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Madera 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
Yosemite Forks1.5 miles25
Oakhurst3.0 miles25
Bass Lake3.1 miles24
The Pines3.9 miles24
Ahwahnee Estates5.2 miles25
Sugar Pine6.0 miles23
Ahwahnee6.3 miles25
Central Camp6.6 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q7083767The 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 252527. 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.