Built in 1936 (National Park Service rustic). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
“The Frog Creek Cabin, in Yosemite National Park, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.”
Wikipedia article Frog Creek Cabin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 32 National Register listings published here for Tuolumne County · listed in 2014 · category: Building · built in 1936, National Park Service rustic.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Frog Creek Cabin between 1992 and 2014, burning about 6,692 acres in total. 37 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | ELEANOR |
| 30 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | ELEANOR |
| 30 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | KENDRICK |
| 26 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | KIBBIE |
| 21 September 2005 | Natural | 478 acres | Yosemite National Park | LAUREL |
| 21 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Stanislaus National Forest | CHERRY |
| 19 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | W KIBBIE |
| 13 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | KIBBIE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Frog Creek Cabin: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Vernon Snow Survey Shelter | 7.4 miles | 2014 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000414 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Tuolumne County | All 32 listed properties in this county. |
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