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Ash Mountain Entrance Sign
Built in 1935 (National Park Service rustic). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
From the record
“The Ash Mountain Entrance Sign is a sign at Sequoia National Park located just past the Ash Mountain Entrance Station which serves as the southern entryway into the park. It was constructed in 1935 by craftsmen of the Civilian Conservation Corps and features a carved Native American face.”
Wikipedia article Ash Mountain Entrance Sign, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 35 National Register listings published here for Tulare County · listed in 1978 · category: Object · built in 1935, National Park Service rustic.
National Register reference number.78000367- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
108 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Ash Mountain Entrance Sign
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,166 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 10 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
37
Equipment and vehicle use
17
Recreation and ceremony
12
Natural
11
Arson/incendiarism
10
Smoking
6
Power generation/transmission/distribution
6
Debris and open burning
3
Misuse of fire by a minor
3
Other causes
2
Fireworks
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
11 workings within 5 miles of Ash Mountain Entrance Sign: 7 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 prospect.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Feldspar, Tungsten, Copper, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Three Rivers, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 15 flood, 2 wildfire, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood.
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.
The Paradise 2 Fire was lightning ignited at 2300 PST on September 25th and had previously been reported as part of the Kaweah-Kern Complex in September Stormdata. By the end of October this specific fire had consumed 1,298 acres at a cost of $1.54M.
The Tulare County Emergency Manager reported that the town of Three Rivers was trapped behind flood waters moving over the egress route. This resulted in several emergency response personnel being trapped behind the flood waters who were in place to limit flood waters impact on structures.
The California Highway Patrol reported power lines and poles downed due to heavy rain near the intersection of South Fork Dr and Blossom Dr near Three Rivers.
California Highway Patrol report of mud, dirt, and rock partially blocking Mineral King Road and Highway 198 intersection near Hammond. Traffic was able to move around the obstruction.
California Highway Patrol reported debris blocking roadway due to recent roadway flooding from heavy rain on Mineral King Road near Mitchel Ranch near Oak Grove.
The Paradise 2 Fire was lightning ignited at 2300 PST on September 25th and had previously been reported as part of the Kaweah-Kern Complex in September Stormdata. By the first of November this specific fire had consumed 1,298 acres at a cost of $1.54M and accounted for in earlier months.
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.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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