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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.

Yosemite Lakes within Madera County

Then and now

1912 to 1980

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Yosemite Lakes, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Yosemite Lakes, surveyed 1912

Population over time

2 figures

Yosemite 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,952
20205,022+70 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

401 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined156
Equipment and vehicle use93
Debris and open burning63
Arson/incendiarism41
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Natural8
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictSEMINOLE
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitGULCH
8 September 2013Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitLAKE
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitKLIEWER
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitRD 400 / RD 415 7
4 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitPOLK
30 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitMODOC
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitTITAN WY YOSEMITE_LAKES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Madera QuarryGranitePast Producer1934
Quartz MtnGold, ArsenicPast ProducerUnderground
Scott ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Jordan RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
KennedyGold, SilverPast Producer
Pierce RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
Polk RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer
Whitman RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
Big StickGoldPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Madera 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
Yosemite Lakes Park0.7 miles23
Fresno Crossing3.2 miles23
Willow Glen (historical)3.7 miles25
Narbo (historical)4.2 miles25
Indian Lakes Estates5.1 miles25
Hillside (historical)5.7 miles24
Knowles5.7 miles23
O'Neals6.0 miles25

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 LakesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3306227The 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.