Twain Harte Valley, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95383. It lies near Elizabeth Peak. The Survey maps it on the Twain Harte quadrangle.
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.


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 Long Barn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Twain Harte quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Twain Harte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
572 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 572 fires within 5 miles of Twain Harte Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,250 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 191 |
| Debris and open burning | 171 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
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 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | TUOLUMNE |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | LEWIS |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Stanislaus National Forest | LIZZY 1 |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | OAK |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | CAYLOR |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LAKEVIEW |
| 7 September 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | F #691 - FC ULVEVADET |
| 7 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | GREEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 133 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 133 workings within 5 miles of Twain Harte Valley: 51 occurrences, 34 past producers, 21 producers, 16 prospects. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleview | Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Dreisam | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Iron | Producer | Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| East Belt-Soulsbyville-Toulumne | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Hazel Dell | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Henning | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Jack Fray Ranch | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Mildred Lloyd | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Morning Glory | Gold, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| New Mamoth | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Phoenix Lake Granite Company | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Highlands | 0.6 miles | 30 | |
| Lynnwood Estates | 0.6 miles | 30 | |
| Lakewood Park | 0.9 miles | 30 | |
| Twain Harte | 1.0 miles | 30 | |
| Brentwood Park | 1.1 miles | 30 | |
| Black Oak Estates | 1.2 miles | 30 | |
| Cedar Pines Vista | 1.4 miles | 30 | |
| Sugarpine | 1.5 miles | 30 |
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 Q122565112 | 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 1809417. 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.











