Keough Hot Springs, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bishop census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93514. It stands on Freeman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bishop quadrangle. It stands 4,209 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1913 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1913 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Keough Hot Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 320 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | COLLINS |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | HWY 395 / WARM SPRINGS R |
| 24 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 19 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 19 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | ROSSI # 2 |
| 14 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | KEOUGH |
| 1 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | WYE |
| 7 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | COLLINS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Keough Hot Springs: 7 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Concentrate and Cleaning Co. | Tungsten, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Scheelite | |
| Buckshot | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Buckshot | Tungsten | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Kelso Tungsten Mine | Tungsten | Producer | ||
| Mac Van Claim | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Macvan | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Marble | Tungsten | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Marble | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Rossi | Tungsten | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Rossi | Tungsten | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peterson Mill | 5.4 miles | 26 | |
| Sunland (historical) | 5.6 miles | 26 | |
| Bishop Trail Park | 7.5 miles | 26 | |
| Bishop | 7.6 miles | 26 | |
| Big Pine | 7.7 miles | 27 | |
| Poleta | 7.8 miles | 26 | |
| Zurich | 7.9 miles | 27 | |
| Oteys Sierra Village | 8.4 miles | 26 |
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 Keough Hot Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6393070 | The 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 1658893. 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.









