BlockBefore

Snow Bend, California

29 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 93634. It lies near Badger Flat. The Survey maps it on the Kaiser Peak quadrangle. It stands 7,969 feet above sea level.

Snow Bend within Fresno County

Then and now

1904 to 2004

The 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 sheet of Snow Bend, surveyed 2004
Topographic sheet of Snow Bend, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 29 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

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Snow Bend between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 93 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
Natural93
Recreation and ceremony28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2015Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestHUCKLEBERRY
8 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSierra National ForestIDAHO
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestTENNESSEE
30 September 2008Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestBUTTE
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestPOTTER
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestPORTAL
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestPASS
28 September 1999Natural3.0 acresSierra National ForestLITTLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Snow Bend: 10 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Asbestos. 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
Reported OccurrenceAsbestosOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMagnesiteOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMicaOccurrence
White LodesLimestone, DimensionProspect
Twin LakesStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Lucky Blue Tungsten MinesTungstenPast Producer
Prior Lake ClaimTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Prior Lake ClaimTungstenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fresno 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
Lakeshore2.8 miles29
Cedar Crest4.3 miles27
Huntington Lake6.3 miles27
Mono Hot Springs7.1 miles29
Big Creek7.7 miles27
Camp Sierra8.8 miles28
Dinkey Creek12.6 miles28
Rock Haven14.1 miles28

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 Q7548177The 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 1659803. 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.