Lakeside, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Greenfield-Panama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93313. It stands on Panama Slough. The Survey maps it on the Conner quadrangle.

Lakeside within Kern County

Then and now

1910 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lakeside, surveyed 1981

Topographic sheet of Lakeside, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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.

1910 USGS Buena Vista Lake quadrangle1:125000
1912 USGS Buena Vista Lake quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1930 USGS Conner quadrangle1:31680
1933 USGS Conner quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Conner quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Taft quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

42 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Lakeside between 2005 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. None 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	32
Arson/incendiarism	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Debris and open burning	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
23 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
2 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kern County Fire Department	not named
18 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
17 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
11 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
11 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
4 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Kern County Fire Department	not named
11 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lakeside: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Chevron Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bannister	2.6 miles	27
Old River	2.9 miles	27
Panama	2.9 miles	27
Pumpkin Center	3.6 miles	27
Conner	3.9 miles	26
Alameda	4.3 miles	26
Greenfield	5.0 miles	27
Gulf	5.4 miles	26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2804554. 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.