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Kephart, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Newell census division. The Survey maps it on the Kephart quadrangle. It stands 4,327 feet above sea level.

Kephart within Modoc County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kephart, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Kephart, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Kephart between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,941 acres in total. 63 started naturally. None was 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
Natural63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
5 September 2003Natural313 acresModoc National ForestTIMBER
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestPLANT
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestJONAS
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestRODNEY
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestWISTER
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestBENCH
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreModoc National ForestLOST
16 September 2001Natural2.0 acresModoc National ForestMUD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Modoc 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 Kephart: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Pumice. 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
Tionesta AggregatePumiceProducer

Every working recorded in Modoc 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
Tionesta4.0 miles26
Meares6.5 miles24
Perez6.8 miles26
Hollenbeck (historical)8.9 miles21
Mammoth10.0 miles26
Hackamore10.4 miles24
Scarface12.3 miles21
Boles13.9 miles24

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 Q6393131The 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 1658894. 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.