Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose No. 15

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1897 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose No. 15 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,288 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 3 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Every fire recorded in Mariposa County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 100 workings within 5 miles of Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose No. 15: 45 occurrences, 37 past producers, 7 prospects, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Barium-Barite, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Mariposa County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names El Portal, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 3 flood, 1 lightning, 1 wildfire, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

Every storm recorded in Mariposa County

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.

• 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 El Portal quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
• 1947 USGS El Portal quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
• 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
• 1949 USGS El Portal quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
• 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
• 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
• 1976 USGS Yosemite Valley quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
• 1992 USGS El Portal quadrangle1:24000
• 2004 USGS El Portal quadrangle1:24000

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
	Hetch Hetchy Railroad Engine No.6	under 500 feet	1978
	Track Bus No. 19	under 500 feet	1978
	Bagby Stationhouse, Water Tanks and Turntable	under 500 feet	1979
	El Portal Old Schoolhouse	0.4 miles	2011
	McCauley and Meyer Barns	2.0 miles	1978
	Merced Grove Ranger Station	6.1 miles	1978