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Etheda Springs, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93641. It lies near Logger Point. The Survey maps it on the Miramonte quadrangle. It stands 4,222 feet above sea level.

Etheda Springs within Fresno 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 Etheda Springs, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Etheda Springs, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Etheda Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 770 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 13 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
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use28
Natural23
Recreation and ceremony23
Arson/incendiarism13
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Smoking5
Other causes5
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
5 September 2012Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSequoia National ForestESHOM
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksSWALE
30 September 1992Debris and open burning130 acresTulare UnitPG&E
3 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksCONE
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestLOG
28 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksLION
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia National ForestTODD
26 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTulare UnitBADGER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Etheda Springs: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten. 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
Indian Gap No 1TungstenOccurrence
Mill Creek TungstenTungstenProspect
North ForkTungstenPast Producer
Unnamed Tactite ZoneTungstenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fresno 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
Pinehurst0.5 miles23
Neffs Camp0.7 miles23
Cedarbrook0.9 miles23
Deer Crossing2.2 miles23
Miramonte2.4 miles23
Millwood (historical)3.5 miles23
Goodmill6.0 miles25
Dunlap6.7 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 Q5403047The 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 1658512. 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.