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Ceneda, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the East Kern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93519. It lies near Last Chance Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cantil quadrangle. It stands 1,946 feet above sea level.

Ceneda within Kern County

Then and now

1915 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ceneda, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Ceneda, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 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

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ceneda between 1998 and 2018, burning about 1,374 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/undetermined3

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
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictABBOTT FIRE
16 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictONION
1 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,373 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictGARLOCK 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Ceneda: 26 past producers, 12 occurrences, 11 prospects, 6 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Clay, Bentonite. 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
Apache DepositManganeseOccurrenceResidual
Black Eagle GroupPerliteProspect
Cotton Ball BoraxBoron-BoratesPast Producer
Golden GlowGold, SilverPast Producer
J and L ClaimEmeryPast Producer
Koehn LakeBoron-Borates, Halite, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1873, 1929
MojaveCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Orange BlossomCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein
QuartziteSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Rattle Snake GroupLead, Copper, Silver, GoldProspect

Every working recorded in Kern County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ceneda in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 flash 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
August 2011Flash FloodCeneda$25,000The California Highway Patrol reported standing water and mud in Red Rock-Randsburg Road 5 miles east of Saltdale.
November 2025Flash FloodCeneda-CHP reports Redrock-Randsburg Road closed between US 395 and SR 14.

Every storm 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
Saltdale (historical)0.6 miles26
Gypsite2.4 miles26
Redrock (historical)3.9 miles26
Old Garlock4.1 miles24
Cantil4.9 miles26
Ricardo5.1 miles26
Garlock6.6 miles24
Rancho Seco6.9 miles26

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 Q5058828The 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 252869. 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.