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Imhoff, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Tulare census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93274. The Survey maps it on the Tulare quadrangle.

Imhoff within Tulare County

Then and now

1925 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Imhoff, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Imhoff, surveyed 1925

On record in Imhoff

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

296 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Imhoff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,518 acres in total. None started naturally. 47 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/undetermined164
Arson/incendiarism47
Equipment and vehicle use38
Smoking18
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Debris and open burning10
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare Unitnot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTulare UnitSFRR #11
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitAUSTIN
24 September 1992Smokingunder an acreTulare UnitTULARE CO. RD.#103

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Imhoff: 1 past producer. None of them 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
Brown Cement WorksSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tulare 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
Tulare1.0 miles22
Elba1.5 miles22
Burling (historical)2.2 miles22
Swall3.0 miles22
Loma3.8 miles23
Tagus4.4 miles23
Spinks Corner5.2 miles21
Paige5.3 miles19

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 Q122599026The 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 1661898. 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.