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Deer Creek Colony, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Terra Bella census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93270. The Survey maps it on the Fountain Springs quadrangle.

Deer Creek Colony within Tulare County

Then and now

1929 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Deer Creek Colony, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Deer Creek Colony, surveyed 1929

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

287 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Deer Creek Colony between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,855 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 80 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/undetermined89
Arson/incendiarism80
Equipment and vehicle use79
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Debris and open burning12
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
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
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTulare UnitSCHULTZ
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitTULARE COUNTY #120
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitMULLER
6 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitSTATE OF CALIF. #61
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTulare UnitORDUNO
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTulare UnitUHL
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitCIRCLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare 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 Deer Creek Colony: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 4 prospects, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Deer Creek ChrysopraseGemstonePast Producer1897
Holston Chromite DepositIron, ChromiumPast Producer1895
Holston MineChromium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Palladium, PlatinumPast Producer1895, 1918
Minnie EllenGoldProspect
Prospect Near Holston ChromeChromium, Platinum, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Iridium, PalladiumOccurrenceChromite
Deer Creek MineMagnesite, NickelProspect
Deer Creek Nickeliferous MagnesiteNickel, MagnesiteProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Terra Bella Rock PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hungry Hollow Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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
Ultra1.0 miles27
Lempon (historical)1.4 miles27
Elmco2.5 miles20
Terra Bella2.6 miles20
Magnolia3.1 miles27
Lois3.1 miles23
Sunland3.2 miles27
Hope (historical)3.3 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.

Wikidata item Q122562384The 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 241365. 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.