Stony Creek Village, 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 stands on Woodward Creek. The Survey maps it on the Muir Grove 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 Muir Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Muir Grove quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Stony Creek Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,330 acres in total. 69 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 | 69 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | WOOD |
| 8 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | HART |
| 7 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | WEAVER |
| 7 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | WEAVER |
| 6 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | BIG |
| 5 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | CAMP |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | 5.4 acres | Sequoia National Forest | AGNEW |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | MICROWAVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Stony Creek Village: 7 prospects, 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Eagle | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Hart Prospects | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Black Prince | Gold, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Domingo | Gold, Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Hart Group | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite | |
| Redwood Canyon | Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Powellite, Scheelite | |
| Kirkland | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Kirkland | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Redwood Canyon Mines | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Stony Creek | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Fir | 5.7 miles | 26 | |
| Hartland | 6.2 miles | 27 | |
| Pinewood | 7.4 miles | 26 | |
| Wilsonia | 7.8 miles | 27 | |
| Grant Grove Village | 8.3 miles | 27 | |
| Sierra Glen | 8.6 miles | 23 | |
| Badger | 9.4 miles | 23 | |
| Potwisha | 10.3 miles | 26 |
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 Q122597264 | 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 1667539. 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.












