Yosemite Lakes, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Yosemite Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93614. It lies near Lilley Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Knowles quadrangle. 5,022 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,263 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1912 to 1980The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresYosemite Lakes grew from 4,952 to 5,022 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,952 | |
| 2020 | 5,022 | +70 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1912 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Knowles quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Shaver Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
401 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 401 fires within 5 miles of Yosemite Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,081 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 41 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 | 156 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 93 |
| Debris and open burning | 63 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | SEMINOLE |
| 8 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | GULCH |
| 8 September 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | LAKE |
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | KLIEWER |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | RD 400 / RD 415 7 |
| 4 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | POLK |
| 30 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | MODOC |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | TITAN WY YOSEMITE_LAKES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Yosemite Lakes: 16 past producers, 7 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Granite, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madera Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | 1934 | |
| Quartz Mtn | Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Scott Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Jordan Ranch | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Kennedy | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Pierce Ranch | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Polk Ranch | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Property | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Whitman Ranch | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Big Stick | Gold | Past Producer | Gold |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yosemite Lakes Park | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Fresno Crossing | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Willow Glen (historical) | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Narbo (historical) | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Indian Lakes Estates | 5.1 miles | 25 | |
| Hillside (historical) | 5.7 miles | 24 | |
| Knowles | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| O'Neals | 6.0 miles | 25 |
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 Yosemite Lakes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3306227 | 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 1867075. 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.









