Grapevine, California
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tehachapi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93243. It lies near Metralla Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Grapevine quadrangle. It stands 1,499 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1903 USGS Tejon quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Tecuya Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Tecuya Creek quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grapevine quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Grapevine quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Grapevine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
99 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Grapevine between 1993 and 2020, burning about 187,750 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 | 71 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kern County Fire Department | not named |
| 29 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kern County Fire Department | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 23 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0824 |
| 17 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kern County Fire Department | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.6 acres | Kern County Fire Department | not named |
| 14 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kern County Fire Department | not named |
| 12 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 95 acres | Central California District | WATER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Grapevine: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kern Rock Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wheeler Ridge Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wheeler Ridge Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler Ridge | 4.5 miles | 26 | |
| Tejon Ranch | 5.2 miles | 27 | |
| Lebec | 7.7 miles | 25 | |
| Frazier Park | 8.2 miles | 27 | |
| Mettler | 8.7 miles | 26 | |
| Lake of the Woods | 9.3 miles | 27 | |
| Pinon Pines Estates | 9.8 miles | 29 | |
| Meridian | 11.5 miles | 26 |
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 Grapevine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474485 | 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 1660696. 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.











