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Grant, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lone Pine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93549. The Survey maps it on the Vermillion Canyon quadrangle. It stands 3,730 feet above sea level.

Grant within Inyo County

Then and now

1908 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Grant, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Grant, surveyed 1908

Compare 1908 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Grant between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,104 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural7
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictDIRTY SOCK
29 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictWALKER
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHIGHWAY II
18 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictOLANCHA
30 August 1998Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestOAK
24 August 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictOLANCHA
14 August 1998Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestNINEMILE
1 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California District395

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Grant: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Molybdenum, Iron. 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
Olancna MillClayPast Producer
Owens Lake MineSodiumProspect
War BabyMolybdenum, IronOccurrenceMolybdenite, Pyrite
Green Velvet GroupUraniumProducer
Materials Site #290Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Site #291Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley View ClaimUraniumProspect
Haiwee QuarryPumicePast Producer
Unnamed ProspectPumicePast Producer
Unnamed ProspectPumicePast Producer

Every working recorded in Inyo 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
Olancha1.9 miles29
Cartago4.8 miles29
Haiwee7.6 miles28
Dunmovin11.6 miles28
Talus11.7 miles28
Coso Junction14.7 miles28
Sykes15.2 miles28
Bartlett15.4 miles30

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 GrantAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5596059The 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 1666950. 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.