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Kaweah, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Woodlake-Three Rivers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93271. It stands on Mankins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kaweah quadrangle. It stands 942 feet above sea level.

Kaweah within Tulare County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kaweah, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Kaweah, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

129 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Kaweah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,032 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined52
Equipment and vehicle use25
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Debris and open burning5
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes3
Fireworks1

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 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitLEMON
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTulare UnitTUU-7168 - SLICK ROCK
30 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresTulare UnitGOLF
3 September 2017Naturalunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksCA-TUU-MYNATT
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitSIERRA DR THREE_RIVERS 7
26 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresTulare UnitBLOSSOM
25 September 1993Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksKAWEAH
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitSTOWASSER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Kaweah: 9 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum. 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
Britten Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Britten Limestone DepositCalciumOccurrence
Carter DepositFeldsparPast Producer
Kaweah Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed ProspectMolybdenumUnknown
AllenLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
AllesLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Blossom Peak LimestoneLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Fort HillLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Lavelle DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tulare County

Storms near this place

9 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kaweah in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 5 flood, 2 debris flow, 1 heavy rain, 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
March 2010Heavy RainKaweah$5,000Twenty four hour storm total rainfall 1.75 inches. The Highway Patrol reported a mudslide on North Fork Road near Three Rivers. The slide blocked the highway in both directions for about two hours.
November 2024FloodKaweah$1,000California Highway Patrol reported a tree down on eastbound SR 198 near Dineley Dr. 5NE Three Rivers.
November 2024FloodKaweah-California Highway Patrol reported rocks in the eastbound lane of SR 198 on 3NE Three Rivers.
January 2023FloodKaweah-Public report of mud, dirt and rocks on the eastbound lanes of SR 198 near the Mineral King Rd. exchange.
January 2023FloodKaweah-California Highway Patrol reported flooding on N. Fork Dr. near Three Rivers.
December 2021Debris FlowKaweah-California Highway Patrol reported a large boulder on the road at the intersection of Crest Ln. and Sierra King Dr.
March 2019Debris FlowKaweah-California Highway Patrol reported tree limbs, boulders and other debris in the roadway on State Route 198 in front of the Totem Market in Three Rivers.
January 2017Flash FloodKaweah-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on Highway 198 and Craig Ranch Road northeast of Three Rivers.
January 2017FloodKaweah-California Highway Patrol report of mud, dirt, and rock partially blocking Mineral King Road and Highway 198 intersection near Hammond. Traffic was able to move around the obstruction.

Every storm 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
Three Rivers2.3 miles28
Hammond3.0 miles28
Advance3.3 miles26
Ellis Place6.4 miles24
Oak Grove6.8 miles28
Potwisha7.1 miles26
Citro7.7 miles19
Sandspur (historical)7.8 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.

Wikipedia article on KaweahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6379945The 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 1660826. 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.