Sawmill Flat, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93664. It stands on West Fork Long Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Patterson Mountain quadrangle. It stands 6,755 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1922 to 2004The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1922 against another survey:
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.
- 1922 USGS Trimmer quadrangle1:96000
- 1924 USGS Dinuba quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Patterson Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Patterson Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Patterson Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Sawmill Flat between 1992 and 2019, burning about 988 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 49 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | CARELESS |
| 9 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | WISHON |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | KINGS |
| 4 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | GROVE |
| 4 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | HAIR |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | PATT |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | GROVE |
| 30 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | BOAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sawmill Flat: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Tungsten, Bismuth, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Garnet Dike Mine | Tungsten, Bismuth | Producer | Scheelite | |
| Victory | Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Victory Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balch Camp | 7.2 miles | 26 | |
| Rodgers Crossing | 9.2 miles | 25 | |
| Crabtree | 9.5 miles | 25 | |
| Dinkey Creek | 11.0 miles | 28 | |
| Bretz Mill | 12.7 miles | 28 | |
| Goodmill | 13.0 miles | 25 | |
| Hume Station | 13.5 miles | 27 | |
| Hume | 13.9 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 Q7428662 | 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 1659606. 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.












