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Haiwee, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lone Pine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93549. The Survey maps it on the Haiwee Reservoirs quadrangle. It stands 4,075 feet above sea level.

Haiwee within Inyo County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Haiwee, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Haiwee, surveyed 1908

Compare 1908 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Haiwee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHIGHWAY II
8 August 2005Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestPASS
7 August 1993Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictWYE BRANCH
3 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictHAIWEE
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 July 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHAIWEE
31 July 2019Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHAIWEE
3 July 1995Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestHAIWEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Haiwee: 5 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Pumice, Molybdenum, 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
Unnamed ProspectStoneProspect
War BabyMolybdenum, IronOccurrenceMolybdenite, Pyrite
War BabyMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite, Pyrrhotite
War Baby ClaimsMolybdenumOccurrence1941
California PozzolanPumiceProducer
Coso PitPumicePast Producer
Margie Nos. 1-60PumicePast Producer
Unnamed ProspectPumiceProspect
Zodiac MillPumiceProducer
Coso Range UraniumUraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Inyo County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haiwee in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Flash FloodHaiwee$25,000A mud and debris flow trapped vehicles near the intersection of Highway 395 and Haiwee Canyon Road. One vehicle was carried a mile and a half by the flow.

Every storm 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
Dunmovin4.1 miles28
Talus4.1 miles28
Coso Junction7.2 miles28
Grant7.6 miles26
Sykes7.6 miles28
Olancha9.5 miles29
Coso11.9 miles23
Cartago12.3 miles29

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 HaiweeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5639779The 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 255913. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.