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Coso Junction, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lone Pine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93549. The Survey maps it on the Coso Junction quadrangle. It stands 3,386 feet above sea level.

Coso Junction within Inyo County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Coso Junction, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Coso Junction, surveyed 1908

Compare 1908 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

56 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Coso Junction between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,970 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 33 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/incendiarism33
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Firearms and explosives use1
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
29 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTule River Fire DepartmentTRAILER
15 September 2003Firearms and explosives use412 acresCentral California DistrictMICHAELS
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCOSO
3 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCOSO
3 August 2000Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestKENNEDY 4
27 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTule River Fire DepartmentPAINTED
26 August 1999Arson/incendiarism320 acresTule River Fire DepartmentTORCH
24 August 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictWILLOW II

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Coso Junction: 6 producers, 6 past producers, 4 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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
Red Hill Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed ProspectLead, Copper, ZincProspect
Haiwee Materials Site No. 289Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Material Site #118 Pit ASand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Site #288Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose Valley Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
California PozzolanPumiceProducer
Coso PitPumicePast Producer

Every working recorded in Inyo 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
Sykes0.9 miles28
Dunmovin3.1 miles28
Talus3.2 miles28
Coso4.7 miles23
Haiwee7.2 miles28
Little Lake7.8 miles23
Grant14.7 miles26
Linnie15.2 miles23

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 JunctionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5174662The 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 270615. 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.