Coso, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lone Pine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93549. It lies near Red Hill. The Survey maps it on the Little Lake quadrangle. It stands 3,369 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1993The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS Searles Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Little Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Little Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Ridgecrest quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Coso between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,992 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 32 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/incendiarism | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tule River Fire Department | TRAILER |
| 15 September 2003 | Firearms and explosives use | 412 acres | Central California District | MICHAELS |
| 14 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | California Desert District | CINDER |
| 1 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | LITTLE |
| 9 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | COSO |
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | LITTLE LAKE |
| 27 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tule River Fire Department | PAINTED |
| 26 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | DEER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Coso: 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill Cinder Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Feldman | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Feldman Tungsten Mine | Tungsten | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Lake | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Sykes | 4.3 miles | 28 | |
| Coso Junction | 4.7 miles | 28 | |
| Dunmovin | 7.8 miles | 28 | |
| Talus | 7.8 miles | 28 | |
| Linnie | 10.6 miles | 23 | |
| Haiwee | 11.9 miles | 28 | |
| Pearsonville | 12.0 miles | 23 |
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 Coso | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5174657 | The 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 1660516. 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.








