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Lumer, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Porterville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93257. It lies near Martin Hill. The Survey maps it on the Success Dam quadrangle.

Lumer within Tulare County

Then and now

1904 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lumer, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Lumer, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

742 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 742 fires within 5 miles of Lumer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,438 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 358 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/incendiarism358
Missing data/not specified/undetermined201
Equipment and vehicle use97
Misuse of fire by a minor49
Smoking16
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives 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
9 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitHAVERT
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitRIVERBOTTOM #22
8 September 1996Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTulare UnitCARTAN
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
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTulare UnitORDUNO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Lumer: 14 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, 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
Deer Creek SilverCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Holston Chromite DepositIron, ChromiumPast Producer1895
Holston MineChromium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Palladium, PlatinumPast Producer1895, 1918
Middletons Sequoia Rock Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Porterville White Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer1915
Prospect Near Holston ChromeChromium, Platinum, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Iridium, PalladiumOccurrenceChromite
Valencia HeightsClayOccurrence
Deer Creek ChrysopraseGemstonePast Producer1897
Deer Creek MineMagnesite, NickelProspect
Deer Creek Nickeliferous MagnesiteNickel, MagnesiteProspect

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
Plano1.0 miles23
Magnolia1.0 miles27
Sunland1.1 miles27
Ponca1.4 miles23
East Porterville1.6 miles27
Alta Vista (historical)1.9 miles27
Hope (historical)2.1 miles23
Lois2.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252929. 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.