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Quaker Meadow, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Springville-Johnsondale census division. It lies near Quaking Aspen Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Sentinel Peak quadrangle.

Quaker Meadow within Tulare County

Then and now

1904 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Quaker Meadow, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Quaker Meadow, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Quaker Meadow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,812 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 3 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
Natural42
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning6
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestPEPPERMINT
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia National ForestASPEN
8 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestDURRWOOD 2
7 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestSLATE
5 September 2000Smokingunder an acreSequoia National ForestLODGE
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestSLATE
3 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestFREEMAN
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestSNAG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Quaker Meadow: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Quartz. 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
Mable H. Quartz ClaimQuartzProspect
Three Point Nos. 1 and 2TungstenProspect

Every working recorded in Tulare 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
Ponderosa1.4 miles27
Cedar Slope2.7 miles28
Camp Nelson3.7 miles28
Smith Mill5.7 miles26
Johnsondale9.4 miles22
Wheatons9.5 miles26
Redwood Corral10.5 miles22
Mountain Home11.4 miles27

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 Q122595681The 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 1661269. 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.