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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.

Grapevine within Kern County

Then and now

1903 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Grapevine, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Grapevine, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

99 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined71
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKern County Fire Departmentnot named
29 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKern County Fire Departmentnot named
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0824
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKern County Fire Departmentnot named
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.6 acresKern County Fire Departmentnot named
14 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreKern County Fire Departmentnot named
12 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution95 acresCentral California DistrictWATER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kern Rock Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wheeler Ridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wheeler Ridge Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kern 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
Wheeler Ridge4.5 miles26
Tejon Ranch5.2 miles27
Lebec7.7 miles25
Frazier Park8.2 miles27
Mettler8.7 miles26
Lake of the Woods9.3 miles27
Pinon Pines Estates9.8 miles29
Meridian11.5 miles26

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 GrapevineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474485The 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.