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Gillete, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lindsay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93247. The Survey maps it on the Lindsay quadrangle.

Gillete within Tulare County

Then and now

1928 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gillete, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Gillete, surveyed 1928

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

425 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 425 fires within 5 miles of Gillete between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,341 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 137 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
Arson/incendiarism137
Missing data/not specified/undetermined126
Equipment and vehicle use86
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Debris and open burning21
Smoking19
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitKNUTSON
6 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitSTATE CALIFORIA #72
6 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictZIKE
5 September 2003Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresCentral California DistrictZIKE
5 September 1993Debris and open burning3.0 acresTulare UnitSINER
30 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitDAVILA
3 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTulare UnitSJVRR # 13
29 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTulare UnitPIERRO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Gillete: 14 past producers, 10 prospects, 6 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Copper, Manganese, Chromium. 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
Blue CrystalCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Cemetery Borrow PitGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Simons Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Brown Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
E.A. Orton PropertyTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lindsay ChrysopraseGemstonePast Producer
Pacific Cement & Aggregate Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationGemstoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationTalc-SoapstoneProspect

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
Mirador0.5 miles18
Tiffin (historical)0.8 miles18
El Mirador1.0 miles18
Prewit (historical)1.2 miles18
Orlem (historical)1.3 miles18
Sierra Heights1.6 miles18
Portex (historical)2.0 miles18
Abilene2.2 miles18

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 Q122561092The 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 1660674. 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.