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La Rose, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Tehachapi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93501. It stands on La Rose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monolith quadrangle. It stands 3,766 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

La Rose within Kern County

Then and now

1915 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of La Rose (historical), surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of La Rose (historical), surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

57 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of La Rose (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,320 acres in total. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural6
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0951
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0191
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresKern County Fire Departmentnot named
22 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.8 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
15 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0347
15 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0464
1 September 2002Natural2.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictCACHE
8 August 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1024

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of La Rose (historical): 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Gemstone. 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
Cameron LakeSodiumPast Producer
Cameron SidingGemstoneOccurrence
Kern Develop. Syndicate QuarriesFlagstonePast Producer
Unnamed Clay DepositBentonite, Gypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Caltrans #256Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Emerald Queen ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Uranium OccurrenceUraniumOccurrence
Hansen Dg PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hidecker Rock Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Cameron1.5 miles27
Eric (historical)3.0 miles27
Fram (historical)4.5 miles28
Sage (historical)5.5 miles28
Monolith5.5 miles27
Chaffee5.9 miles28
Mojave6.3 miles28
Sullivan (historical)7.2 miles27

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 Q6464976The 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 1682599. 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.