Tollhouse, California
26 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 93667. It lies near Burrough Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Auberry quadrangle. It stands 1,919 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 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.
- 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
- 1983 USGS Auberry quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Auberry quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
296 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Tollhouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,668 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 39 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 93 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | TOLLHOUSE |
| 9 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sierra National Forest | 4 LANE |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | BEAL 1 |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | BEAL 5 |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | BEAL 2 |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | BEAL 4 |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | BEAL 3 |
| 7 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | PG&E #34 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 52 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Tollhouse: 22 past producers, 14 producers, 9 unknowns, 5 prospects. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Tungsten, Emery, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Bow | REE | Prospect | ||
| Reported Occurrence | Asbestos | Unknown | ||
| Blue Brush | Emery | Producer | ||
| Blue Brush | Emery | Past Producer | ||
| Adrian Alexander | Tungsten | Producer | ||
| Adrian Alexander | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Home Front and Three Buddies | Tungsten | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Home Prospect | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Humphreys | Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Jackpot | Tungsten | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tollhouse in 12 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 8 flood, 2 debris flow, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flash Flood | Tollhouse | $1,000 | California Highway Patrol reported road flooding near Lodge Road and Wiemiller Road with a vehicle stuck in flood waters west of Tollhouse in Fresno County. Road was temporarily closed to let water subside. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Tollhouse | - | Public report of mud, dirt and rock slide blocking northbound lane of Tollhouse Rd. 2 miles south of Beal Fire Rd. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Tollhouse | - | Public report of flooding on the roadway at the intersection of Lodge Rd. and Weimiller Rd. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Tollhouse | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding on Tollhouse Rd. in Tollhouse. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Tollhouse | - | California Highway Patrol reported Lodge Rd. at Wiemiller Rd. flooded. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Tollhouse | - | California Highway Patrol reported Tollhouse Rd. between Linson Rd. and Lodge Rd. blocked by a rockslide and trees. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Tollhouse | - | California Highway Patrol reported a landslide and a tree on Tollhouse Rd. 2 miles east of Linson Rd. |
| December 2022 | Debris Flow | Tollhouse | - | California Highway Patrol reported a rockslide blocking the eastbound lane of Tollhouse Rd. at the intersection of Old Tollhouse Rd. |
| December 2022 | Debris Flow | Tollhouse | - | California Highway Patrol reported large builders on the roadway at the intersection of Lodge Rd. and Tollhouse Rd. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Tollhouse | - | California Highway Patrol reported small rockslides on Tollhouse Road near Lodge Road south of Tollhouse due to heavy rain. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Tollhouse | - | California Highway Patrol reported road flooding near Tollhouse Road and Shaver Springs Road about 5 miles southwest of Shaver Lake in Fresno County. |
| October 2009 | Heavy Rain | Tollhouse | - | An observer with the volunteer program called COCORAHS reported minor flooding caused by heavy rains. The 24 hour rainfall total measured by the volunteer was 4.85 inches, 2 miles south of Tollhouse. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alder Springs | 3.3 miles | 26 | |
| Pineridge | 3.7 miles | 27 | |
| Meadow Lakes | 4.6 miles | 26 | |
| Prather | 6.2 miles | 29 | |
| Sentinel (historical) | 6.2 miles | 26 | |
| Sierra Cedars | 6.2 miles | 27 | |
| Auberry | 6.3 miles | 26 | |
| Ockenden | 6.5 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.
| Wikipedia article on Tollhouse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7814402 | 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 1660011. 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.








