Magnolia, California

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.

1904 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.

• 1904 USGS Kaweah quadrangle1:125000
• 1909 USGS Kaweah quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
• 1937 USGS Kaweah quadrangle1:125000
• 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
• 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
• 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
• 1956 USGS Success quadrangle1:24000
• 1956 USGS Success Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1957 USGS Springville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
• 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
• 1978 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 725 fires within 5 miles of Magnolia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,126 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 336 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
• Sunland
• Lempon (historical)
• Alta Vista (historical)
• Plano

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Magnolia: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. 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 252930. 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.