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Lisko, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Porterville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93257. It lies near Scenic Heights. The Survey maps it on the Porterville quadrangle.

Lisko within Tulare County

Then and now

1929 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lisko, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Lisko, surveyed 1929

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

786 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 786 fires within 5 miles of Lisko between 1992 and 2020, burning about 46,746 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 337 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
Arson/incendiarism337
Missing data/not specified/undetermined218
Equipment and vehicle use105
Misuse of fire by a minor65
Smoking31
Debris and open burning19
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives use1
Natural1
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 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitKNUTSON
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitRIVERBOTTOM #22
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitPETTIS
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitHARBISON
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitTULE #26
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTulare UnitLIME
5 September 1993Debris and open burning3.0 acresTulare UnitSINER
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitBROOMBAUGH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Lisko: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Limestone, General. 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
Frazier Valley Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
HoldridgeLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unnamed LocationGemstoneOccurrence
James MineChromiumPast Producer1915, 1916
James MineChromiumPast Producer1915
Lewis Hill Chromite ProspectChromiumProspect
Brock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nanceville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Quiram & SonsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reservation Road Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tulare 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
Westfield0.6 miles23
Zante1.3 miles23
Monache (historical)1.4 miles23
Roche2.1 miles23
Porterville2.4 miles23
Nanceville2.7 miles23
Portex (historical)3.4 miles18
Abilene3.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660921. 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.