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Fountain Springs, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Springville-Johnsondale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93257. It lies near Hewey Valley. The Survey maps it on the Fountain Springs quadrangle.

Fountain Springs within Tulare County

Then and now

1936 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fountain Springs, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Fountain Springs, surveyed 1936

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

93 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Fountain Springs between 1993 and 2018, burning about 6,738 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined38
Equipment and vehicle use35
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning2

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
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitMULLER
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTulare UnitOLD STAGE DR / AVENUE 56
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictHILLSIDE
21 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTulare UnitJORGENSEN
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitSPRING
16 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitDUCOR 3
15 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitRANCH
10 September 2011Natural6.0 acresTulare UnitSTOCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Fountain Springs: 6 producers, 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Chamberlain Ranch DepositsMagnesiteUnknown
TomleeUranium, GoldProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Minnie EllenGoldProspect
Terra Bella Rock PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barber No. 1CopperOccurrence
Barber No. 1CopperUnknown
Blue Ridge Tungsten MineTungstenPast Producer
Credow MountainTungsten, CopperPast ProducerScheelite
Credow Mountain TungstenTungstenPast Producer1951

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
Ultra6.7 miles27
White River6.7 miles25
Ducor7.0 miles20
Deer Creek Colony7.5 miles20
Orris8.1 miles20
Terra Bella8.4 miles20
Lempon (historical)8.5 miles27
Vestal9.6 miles20

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 Fountain SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5474759The 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 1656522. 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.