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Keyesville, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lake Isabella census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93240. It lies near White Rock. The Survey maps it on the Alta Sierra quadrangle. It stands 2,848 feet above sea level.

Keyesville within Kern County

Then and now

1920 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Keyesville, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Keyesville, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

400 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 400 fires within 5 miles of Keyesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 65,048 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined165
Recreation and ceremony50
Equipment and vehicle use38
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Arson/incendiarism23
Power generation/transmission/distribution21
Natural20
Fireworks16
Debris and open burning15
Smoking15
Other causes1

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 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSequoia National ForestAUXILLARY
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1069
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia National ForestLAKE
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestGULCH
6 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestHUNGRY
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSequoia National ForestHUNGRY
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0193
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0950

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Keyesville: 30 past producers, 15 prospects, 11 occurrences, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Uranium, Silver. 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
Black JackLead, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
Erskine Creek DepositsLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Isabella Readimix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Copper KingCopperOccurrenceVein
Copper KingCopperUnknown
Alberta No. 1Gold, SilverProspect
ApexGold, SilverProspect
French GulchGold, SilverPast Producer
HangoverGold, SilverPast Producer
IndependenceGold, SilverProspect

Every working 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
Scovern Hot Springs (historical)2.0 miles28
Lake Isabella2.1 miles28
Bodfish2.8 miles28
Isabella (historical)3.3 miles28
Miracle Hot Springs (historical)3.7 miles24
Petersburg (historical)5.2 miles24
Squirrel Mountain Valley5.4 miles28
Mountain Mesa5.7 miles28

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 KeyesvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6398275The 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 1660837. 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.