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El Mirador, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lindsay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93247. The Survey maps it on the Lindsay quadrangle.

El Mirador within Tulare County

Then and now

1928 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of El Mirador, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of El Mirador, surveyed 1928

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

381 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 381 fires within 5 miles of El Mirador between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,293 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 128 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/incendiarism128
Missing data/not specified/undetermined109
Equipment and vehicle use78
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Debris and open burning18
Smoking15
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitKNUTSON
6 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitSTATE CALIFORIA #72
6 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictZIKE
5 September 2003Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresCentral California DistrictZIKE
5 September 1993Debris and open burning3.0 acresTulare UnitSINER
30 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitDAVILA
3 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTulare UnitSJVRR # 13
29 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTulare UnitPIERRO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of El Mirador: 14 past producers, 10 prospects, 6 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Copper, Manganese, Chromium. 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
Billy BrownGoldProspect
Blue CrystalCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Cemetery Borrow PitGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Simons Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Brown Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
E.A. Orton PropertyTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
James MineChromiumPast Producer1915, 1916
James MineChromiumPast Producer1915
Lindsay ChrysopraseGemstonePast Producer

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
Tiffin (historical)0.6 miles18
Gillete1.0 miles18
Mirador1.2 miles18
Prewit (historical)1.2 miles18
Orlem (historical)1.7 miles18
Portex (historical)2.3 miles18
Sierra Heights2.4 miles18
Abilene2.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660596. 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.