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Wagner, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It stands on Drew Creek. The Survey maps it on the Donnell Lake quadrangle.

Wagner within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1896 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wagner, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Wagner, surveyed 1896

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Wagner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41,505 acres in total. 125 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
Natural125
Recreation and ceremony31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking5
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestBALD
5 September 1998Natural2.0 acresStanislaus National ForestPINES
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestNIAGRA 1
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestVISTA
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestDOUBLE
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestCREEK
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestWHEATS
30 September 2004Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestBARN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wagner: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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
AntvniteUraniumProspect
Autunite-Carnotite GroupUraniumPast Producer
PeppermintUraniumOccurrenceSedimentary
Unnamed U ProspectUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
Dardanelle2.6 miles27
Kennedy Meadow7.7 miles28
Cow Creek10.1 miles28
Bumblebee11.1 miles28
Strawberry13.1 miles28
Pinecrest13.2 miles28
Cold Springs16.4 miles28
Camp Pendola17.5 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656395. 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.