Tamarack, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Arnold-West Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95223. It lies near Onion Valley. The Survey maps it on the Tamarack quadrangle. It stands 6,913 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 30 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.
- 1891 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Big Meadow quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Tamarack quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Tamarack quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
164 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Tamarack between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 2 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 | 74 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Stanislaus National Forest | CABBAGE |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | PARKING |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | CORRAL |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | STATION |
| 30 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | CORRAL |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | KITCHEN |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | EDWARD |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | ALPINE |
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 Tamarack: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mcculloh Property | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Yosemite Pits Harvey Pits | Clay | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tamarack in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Hail | Tamarack | - | Golf ball size hail fell at Hell's Kitchen Vista. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamarack Springs | 0.4 miles | 30 | |
| Sherman Acres | 0.6 miles | 30 | |
| Lombardi | 0.7 miles | 30 | |
| Skyhigh | 1.5 miles | 30 | |
| Big Meadow | 2.7 miles | 30 | |
| Ganns | 5.0 miles | 29 | |
| Cottage Springs | 9.2 miles | 29 | |
| Big Trees Village | 13.3 miles | 29 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Tamarack | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7680856 | 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 1659952. 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.











