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.
Then and now
1936 to 1978The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 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.
- 1936 USGS Tobias Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1936 USGS White River quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Tobias Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS White River quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Fountain Springs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Isabella Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
93 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | MULLER |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Tulare Unit | OLD STAGE DR / AVENUE 56 |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | HILLSIDE |
| 21 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Tulare Unit | JORGENSEN |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | SPRING |
| 16 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | DUCOR 3 |
| 15 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | RANCH |
| 10 September 2011 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Tulare Unit | STOCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamberlain Ranch Deposits | Magnesite | Unknown | ||
| Tomlee | Uranium, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Minnie Ellen | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Terra Bella Rock Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barber No. 1 | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Barber No. 1 | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Blue Ridge Tungsten Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Credow Mountain | Tungsten, Copper | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Credow Mountain Tungsten | Tungsten | Past Producer | 1951 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ultra | 6.7 miles | 27 | |
| White River | 6.7 miles | 25 | |
| Ducor | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Deer Creek Colony | 7.5 miles | 20 | |
| Orris | 8.1 miles | 20 | |
| Terra Bella | 8.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lempon (historical) | 8.5 miles | 27 | |
| Vestal | 9.6 miles | 20 |
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 Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5474759 | 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 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.











