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Ellis Place, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Woodlake-Three Rivers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93603. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Auckland quadrangle.

Ellis Place within Tulare County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ellis Place, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Ellis Place, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Ellis Place between 1993 and 2018, burning about 166 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
30 September 1994Natural30 acresTulare UnitDRY CREEK
11 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitRANCHERIA
30 August 2005Smoking1.0 acresCentral California DistrictSTATE OF CA 74
5 July 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCentral California DistrictSEVILLE 1
4 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTulare UnitINDEPEDENCE
31 July 1994Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTulare UnitDRY CREEK #2
31 July 1994Arson/incendiarism50 acresTulare UnitDRY CREEK #1
29 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCREEK 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Ellis Place: 5 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 3 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold. 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
Adams FlatGoldUnknown
Homer RanchTungsten, GoldPast ProducerGold, Scheelite
Alice HomerTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Alice Homer ProspectTungstenUnknown
Cedar CreekTungstenOccurrence
Cedar Creek MineTungstenUnknown
CutlerTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
CutlerTungstenUnknown
Davis RanchTungstenOccurrence
Davis RanchTungstenOccurrence

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
Advance6.2 miles26
Kaweah6.4 miles28
Elderwood6.5 miles19
Auckland6.6 miles24
Badger7.6 miles23
Sierra Glen8.2 miles23
Sequoia8.3 miles19
Three Rivers8.3 miles28

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 Q122554917The 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 1658492. 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.