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Jasmin, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Delano-McFarland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93215. The Survey maps it on the McFarland quadrangle. It stands 453 feet above sea level.

Jasmin within Kern County

Then and now

1927 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jasmin, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Jasmin, surveyed 1927

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Jasmin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 68 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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/undetermined33
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
20 September 1992Smokingunder an acreTulare UnitDELGADO
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTulare UnitDHILLON
14 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitSANTILLANO
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKern County Fire Departmentnot named
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 August 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitVERA
11 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitTULARE CO #59

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Zentner3.0 miles20
Quality3.1 miles20
Vinland5.1 miles20
Delano5.7 miles19
Hollis5.7 miles20
McFarland6.3 miles20
Calico8.3 miles20
Pond9.9 miles20

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 Q6161673The 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 1660808. 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.