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.
Then and now
1897 to 1997The 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
13 surveys from 28 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.
- 1897 USGS Yosemite quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Yosemite quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Yosemite quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Yosemite quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Hetch Hetchy Reservoir quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Yosemite Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Tamarack Flat quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Tamarack Flat quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Tamarack Flat quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 94 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | MORRISON |
| 8 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | LUKENS NORTH |
| 7 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | WOLF |
| 5 September 2008 | Other causes | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | DUMPSTER |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | 121 acres | Yosemite National Park | BALD SUPPRESSION |
| 4 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | HALF MOON |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | RIM |
| 4 September 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Yosemite National Park | HOFFMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Valley | 7.0 miles | 27 | |
| Mather | 10.9 miles | 27 | |
| Sequoia | 13.7 miles | 28 | |
| Harden Flat | 16.3 miles | 28 | |
| Colfax Spring | 20.3 miles | 29 | |
| Femmons | 20.3 miles | 33 | |
| Deadwood | 26.0 miles | 27 | |
| Pinecrest | 28.5 miles | 28 |
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 Wolf | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7995545 | 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 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.












