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Alico, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93545. The Survey maps it on the Dolomite quadrangle. It stands 3,671 feet above sea level.

Alico within Inyo County

Then and now

1908 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alico, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Alico, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Alico between 1992 and 2018, burning about 415 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
3 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresCentral California DistrictRIVER
28 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictLONE PINE AC DOWN
28 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitAIRCRAFT
17 July 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreInyo National ForestTRUCK
14 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitDIAZ LAKE LONE_PINE_FIRE_
22 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictKEELER
13 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDIAZ LAKE LONE_PINE_FIRE_
24 February 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined407 acresSan Bernardino UnitRIVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Alico: 17 past producers, 9 prospects, 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Copper, Talc-Soapstone, Lead, Zinc. 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
Big HornUraniumProspect
BurgessGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Clark BerylBerylliumPast Producer
Delthe Black Warrior MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Inyo Pit and MillCalciumProducer
Leary MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Leary MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast ProducerUnderground
Lone Pine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
McIlroy propertyAsbestos, Talc-SoapstonePast ProducerTremolite
PennsylvaniaLead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerGalena

Every working recorded in Inyo 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
Dolomite1.5 miles28
Mock2.4 miles28
Swansea4.4 miles28
Lone Pine5.9 miles34
Alabama Hills6.7 miles34
Bartlett7.4 miles30
Keeler7.4 miles27
Owenyo8.6 miles32

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.

Wikidata item Q4726353The 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 252617. 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.