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Armistead, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the East Kern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93527. The Survey maps it on the Freeman Junction quadrangle. It stands 3,068 feet above sea level.

Armistead within Kern County

Then and now

1915 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Armistead, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Armistead, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Armistead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLABOR
27 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFREEMAN
31 August 1998Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictROBBERS
3 March 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFORD
20 October 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSAGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Armistead: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
Caltrans #178Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Ora No. 1 ClaimPumicePast Producer
Big Four ClaimGoldProducer
Big Four ClaimGoldPast Producer
El MensajeGoldPlant
NadeauGoldProducer
Robbers Roost MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kern 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
Harts Place3.4 miles23
Freeman Junction3.9 miles23
Little Dixie (historical)5.4 miles26
Terese (historical)8.0 miles23
Indian Wells8.6 miles23
Inyokern9.2 miles23
China Lake Acres10.8 miles23
Bradys11.1 miles23

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 Q4793597The 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 238714. 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.