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White Wolf, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. The Survey maps it on the Tamarack Flat quadrangle.

White Wolf within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1897 to 1997

The 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 sheet of White Wolf, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of White Wolf, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of White Wolf between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32,604 acres in total. 94 started naturally. None 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
Natural94
Recreation and ceremony13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2018Naturalunder an acreYosemite National ParkMORRISON
8 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreYosemite National ParkLUKENS NORTH
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreYosemite National ParkWOLF
5 September 2008Other causesunder an acreYosemite National ParkDUMPSTER
5 September 2007Natural121 acresYosemite National ParkBALD SUPPRESSION
4 September 2018Naturalunder an acreYosemite National ParkHALF MOON
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreYosemite National ParkRIM
4 September 1996Natural2.0 acresYosemite National ParkHOFFMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Aspen Valley7.0 miles27
Mather10.9 miles27
Sequoia13.7 miles28
Harden Flat16.3 miles28
Colfax Spring20.3 miles29
Femmons20.3 miles33
Deadwood26.0 miles27
Pinecrest28.5 miles28

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 White WolfAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7995545The 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 1660169. 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.