Pinecrest, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95364. It stands on Sheering Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pinecrest quadrangle. It stands 5,679 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1896 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Pinecrest
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Leighton Encampmentlisted 2013
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 28 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.
- 1896 USGS Dardanelles quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1898 USGS Dardanelles quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Pinecrest quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Pinecrest quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Pinecrest quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
229 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Pinecrest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,846 acres in total. 72 started naturally. 4 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 | 72 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | TROUT |
| 9 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | FIR |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | PAM |
| 8 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | TRANSFER |
| 8 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | HERRING |
| 7 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | MEADOW |
| 7 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | STRAW |
| 7 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | SCHOOL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pinecrest: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edna James | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Aggregate Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Riverside | Gold | Past Producer | Gold |
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinecrest in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2018: 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Hail | Pinecrest | - | Hail covered the ground to a depth of just over 2 inches. Most of the hail was pea size, but the larger hailstones were as large as nickels and quarters. The hail for about 15 minutes. |
| January 2001 | Heavy Rain | Pinecrest | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Bumblebee | 2.6 miles | 28 | |
| Cow Creek | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Cold Springs | 3.8 miles | 28 | |
| Spring Gap | 6.1 miles | 28 | |
| Camp Pendola | 8.6 miles | 29 | |
| Long Barn | 10.1 miles | 30 | |
| High Sierra Park | 11.1 miles | 30 |
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 Pinecrest | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14229394 | 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 1659782. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









