Fellows, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West Kern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93224. It lies near Hale McLeod Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Fellows quadrangle. 52 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,316 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1912 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Fellows
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Midway-Sunset Jack Plantlisted 2023
Population over time
2 figuresFellows fell from 106 to 52 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 106 | |
| 2020 | 52 | -54 (-51%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1912 USGS McKittrick quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Fellows quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Fellows quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Fellows quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Taft quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
310 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 310 fires within 5 miles of Fellows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,679 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 115 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 89 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0546 |
| 5 September 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Central California District | MOCAL 2 |
| 4 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0788 |
| 4 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0114 |
| 3 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kern County Fire Department | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kern County Fire Department | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0499 |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0323 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Fellows: 8 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fullers Earth. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excel Pit | Fullers Earth | Producer | ||
| Derby Acres Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fellows Quarry No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Santa Fe Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Taft Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gasko Group | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Mitchell Property | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Owen Group | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Owen Group | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Owen-Mitchell-Hillbilly | Uranium | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren (historical) | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Midoil | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Wallace Center | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Taft Heights | 4.7 miles | 24 | |
| Ford City | 4.8 miles | 24 | |
| Taft | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| South Taft | 5.4 miles | 24 | |
| Derby Acres | 5.5 miles | 23 |
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 Fellows | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2360577 | The 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 1656513. 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.










