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Ilmon, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lake Isabella census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93518. It lies near Haypress Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Bena quadrangle. It stands 1,007 feet above sea level.

Ilmon within Kern County

Then and now

1914 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ilmon, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Ilmon, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 32 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Ilmon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,350 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined55
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0442
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKern County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresKern County Fire Departmentnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresKern County Fire Departmentnot named
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKern County Fire Departmentnot named
25 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKern County Fire Departmentnot named
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.6 acresKern County Fire Departmentnot named
2 September 1998Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictBASIN2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ilmon: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Tungsten. 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
Osdick GroupTungstenPast ProducerVein
Gem ProspectCopperOccurrence
Gem ProspectCopperUnknown
MinnehahaGoldProducer
Sunshine MineGoldProducer

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
Bena2.6 miles32
Caliente3.8 miles32
Bealville4.5 miles32
Treves (historical)5.2 miles29
Fig Orchard5.9 miles26
Rowen7.9 miles27
Rock Springs (historical)8.0 miles27
Tarina8.4 miles25

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 Q6000841The 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 252907. 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.