Rock Haven, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93664. It lies near Mount Stevenson. The Survey maps it on the Musick Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,774 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 2004The same ground, surveyed 100 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
9 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.
- 1904 USGS Kaiser quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Shaver Lake quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Shaver Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Musick Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Musick Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
184 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Rock Haven between 1992 and 2020, burning about 512 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 22 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 | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | LOOKOUT |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | TAM |
| 6 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Sierra National Forest | JOSE 2 |
| 6 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.7 acres | Sierra National Forest | JOSE |
| 6 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | SWANSON |
| 4 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | SWANSON |
| 26 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | POINT |
| 25 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | BALD |
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 Rock Haven: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Marble, Dimension, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edna B. Placer | Limestone, Dimension, Marble, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Lemmons Mine | Gold | Unknown | ||
| San Joaquin Marble Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rock Haven in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 1 debris flow, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Flood | Rock Haven | - | California Highway Patrol reported trees and debris blocking SR 168 near Shaver Lake. |
| December 2021 | Debris Flow | Rock Haven | - | California Highway Patrol reported a rockslide blocking the westbound lanes of SR 168 near Cressman Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dora Belle | 0.9 miles | 27 | |
| Shaver Lake Heights | 1.3 miles | 27 | |
| Shaver Lake | 1.5 miles | 27 | |
| Ockenden | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Mathews Mill | 2.8 miles | 27 | |
| Old Bretz Mill | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Sierra Cedars | 3.5 miles | 27 | |
| Pineridge | 4.8 miles | 27 |
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 Q7354457 | 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 1659532. 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.








