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Cinco, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the East Kern census division. The Survey maps it on the Cinco quadrangle. It stands 2,149 feet above sea level.

Cinco within Kern County

Then and now

1915 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cinco, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Cinco, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Cinco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Fireworks2
Smoking1
Firearms and explosives use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictJAWBONE
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKern County Fire Departmentnot named
28 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCALCITY
21 August 2009Smokingunder an acreKern County Fire Departmentnot named
20 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0925
9 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictBONE
8 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFOURTEEN
6 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFOURTEEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Cinco: 8 occurrences, 6 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Clay, Gold, Lead, Copper. 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
Amalia MineAntimonyPast Producer
Big Boy Claims, Blue Point, Jawbone CanyonTungstenOccurrenceScheelite, Wolframite
Big Four ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Carbonate ProspectLead, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Copper, Galena
Carbonate ProspectLead, CopperProspect
CincoQuartz, FeldsparOccurrence
Groover Mining and MillingStonePast Producer
Jawbone Canyon QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Long Beach Salt CoBromineProducer
Miles ProspectGoldProspect

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
Rancho Seco2.8 miles26
Neuralia (historical)4.5 miles28
Cantil4.8 miles26
Redrock (historical)6.6 miles26
Gypsite7.3 miles26
Ricardo8.0 miles26
Trescape (historical)8.8 miles28
Ceneda9.7 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 Q5120372The 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 1656460. 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.