Red Fir, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodlake-Three Rivers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93262. It stands on Wolverton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Giant Forest quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 90 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 26 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.
- 1903 USGS Tehipite quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Tehipite quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Giant Forest quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Mount Whitney quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Giant Forest quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Giant Forest quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Red Fir between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,394 acres in total. 75 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 | 75 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | MARBLE |
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | SEVENMILE |
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | MEHRTEN |
| 5 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | CAMP |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | PANTHER |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | MICROWAVE |
| 30 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | WOVERTON 2 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | CREEKS |
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 Red Fir: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Mercury, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Queen | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Sequoia National | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Sequoia National Park | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinewood | 2.2 miles | 26 | |
| Stony Creek Village | 5.7 miles | 26 | |
| Potwisha | 6.3 miles | 26 | |
| Advance | 9.5 miles | 26 | |
| Hartland | 10.7 miles | 27 | |
| Oak Grove | 10.8 miles | 28 | |
| Hammond | 10.9 miles | 28 | |
| Cabin Cove | 11.3 miles | 28 |
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 Q122550889 | 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 1667532. 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.












