Lempon, California

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1936 1978

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.

• 1936 USGS Tobias Peak quadrangle1:125000
• 1936 USGS White River quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1943 USGS Tobias Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
• 1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1952 USGS White River quadrangle1:62500, 4 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
• 1965 USGS Fountain Springs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
• 1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
• 1978 USGS Isabella Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 656 fires within 5 miles of Lempon (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,931 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 296 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• East Porterville
• Lumer
• Magnolia
• Sunland
• Deer Creek Colony
• Hope (historical)

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Lempon (historical): 11 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Nickel. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Tulare County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1670256. 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.