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Little Dixie, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the East Kern census division. The Survey maps it on the Dove Spring quadrangle. It stands 3,274 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.

Little Dixie within Kern County

Then and now

1915 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Little Dixie (historical), surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Little Dixie (historical), surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

20 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Little Dixie (historical) between 1998 and 2017, burning about 6 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Firearms and explosives use1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLABOR
24 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0921
8 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.3 acresCentral California DistrictBADGER
5 June 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictDOVE
29 May 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictDOVE
21 May 2006Natural1.3 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictSKINNER
12 April 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSC 103
3 March 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFORD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Little Dixie (historical): 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Moon ClaimGoldProducer
NadeauGoldProducer
Robbers Roost MineGoldPast 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
Harts Place2.9 miles23
Armistead5.4 miles23
Ricardo8.4 miles26
Freeman Junction9.0 miles23
Redrock (historical)10.5 miles26
Saltdale (historical)11.2 miles26
Ceneda11.2 miles26
Sageland11.2 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 Q6649798The 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 1703099. 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.