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Cameron Creek Colony, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Exeter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93292. The Survey maps it on the Exeter quadrangle.

Cameron Creek Colony within Tulare County

Then and now

1926 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cameron Creek Colony, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Cameron Creek Colony, surveyed 1926

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

372 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 372 fires within 5 miles of Cameron Creek Colony between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,446 acres in total. None started naturally. 68 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/undetermined180
Arson/incendiarism68
Equipment and vehicle use62
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Debris and open burning21
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitFRIANT
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTulare UnitGOLDSMITH
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitFLANIKEN
6 September 1996Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTulare UnitGILL
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitSTATE OF CA #71
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use960 acresTulare UnitSO. CAL. EDISON #12

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Cameron Creek Colony: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Nickel. 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
GrantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hanggi Ranch DepositAsbestos, MagnesiteProspect
PageCopper, GoldUnknown
Venice HillsNickelOccurrenceGarnierite
Exeter PitClayProducer
S.P. Brick and Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Charter Oaks SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Garland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mcwilliams Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
PageCopperOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Tulare County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cameron Creek Colony in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023FloodCameron Creek Colony-California Highway Patrol reported flooding on Rd. 180 between N Anderson Rd. and Ave 288.
January 2017FloodCameron Creek Colony-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding with 1 to 2 feet of water at off ramp of State Route 198 near Avenue 296 in Cameron Creek Colony area.

Every storm 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
Mitchell Corner0.7 miles20
East Farmersville1.2 miles20
Giant Oak (historical)1.2 miles20
Farmersville1.3 miles20
Rector2.2 miles20
Musk (historical)3.0 miles20
Lort3.2 miles20
Exeter3.6 miles20

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 Q122595538The 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 1656449. 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.

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.