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Auckland, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Woodlake-Three Rivers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93647. It stands on Bull Creek. The Survey maps it on the Auckland quadrangle. It stands 1,280 feet above sea level.

Auckland within Tulare County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Auckland, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Auckland, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

53 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Auckland between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,514 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 22 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
Arson/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitBOYD
8 September 2001Natural5.0 acresTulare UnitDAVIS
30 September 1994Natural30 acresTulare UnitDRY CREEK
24 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use9.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMILLWOOD DR / BOYDS GRA 4
23 September 1998Arson/incendiarism30 acresCentral California DistrictBOYDS 1
23 September 1998Arson/incendiarism20 acresCentral California DistrictBOYDS 2
16 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTulare UnitBOYDS
13 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTulare UnitMORNING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Auckland: 7 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Gemstone, Uranium. 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
Divine No. 1 and No. 2UraniumProspect
Federal Resources Corp.Copper, SilverUnknown
Old SoldierGold, GemstoneUnknown
Stokes Mountain ChrysopraseGemstoneOccurrence
Adams FlatGoldUnknown
BartonGoldProspect
EschscholtziaGoldProspect
BarringtonTungstenPast ProducerScheelite
BarringtonTungstenPast Producer
Bear MountainTungstenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tulare 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
Badger5.8 miles23
Ellis Place6.6 miles24
Sierra Glen6.7 miles23
Elderwood8.1 miles19
East Orosi8.6 miles22
Hartland9.1 miles27
Seville9.4 miles21
Wimp9.5 miles27

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.

Wikipedia article on AucklandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15193971The 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 1657965. 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.