BlockAlabama Hills, California
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lone Pine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93545. It stands on North Fork Lubken Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lone Pine quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 34 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.
- 1907 USGS Mt. Whitney quadrangle1:125000, 10 printings
- 1919 USGS Mt. Whitney quadrangle1:125000
- 1937 USGS Mt. Whitney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lone Pine quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Lone Pine SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Mount Whitney quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Lone Pine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Lone Pine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Alabama Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 993 acres in total. 6 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Inyo National Forest | FALLS |
| 28 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 acres | Central California District | INDIAN |
| 18 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | HWY 395 /E LUBKEN AV |
| 16 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Central California District | CLOWN |
| 15 September 2003 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Central California District | ENTRENCE |
| 10 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | MOVIE |
| 3 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central California Agency | LONE PINE3 |
| 25 August 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | LONE PINE CREEK LONE_PINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Alabama Hills: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Pine Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| December Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| December Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Lone Pine Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Pine Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tuttle Creek Site #116-8 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Diaz Creek | Copper | Unknown | ||
| North Lubkin | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1667192. 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.