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Manzanar, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Independence census division. It lies near Eclipse Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Union Wash quadrangle. It stands 3,727 feet above sea level.

Manzanar within Inyo County

Then and now

1907 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Manzanar, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Manzanar, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Manzanar between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1,395 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitMOFFET
31 August 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionAQUEDUCT
3 August 2000Natural4.0 acresInyo National ForestGEORGE
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitQ3 3
22 August 2012Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitMOFFAT RANCH RD / HWY 395
15 August 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitBAIRS
28 July 2003Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitSHEPARD
11 July 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitMANZANAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Manzanar: 21 prospects, 13 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper. 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
Dennis Jr. MineGold, Silver, CopperProspect
HowardLead, Copper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
International RecoveryGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Inyo BeeBarium-BariteProspect
JumboTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Lucky SlimLead, Copper, Silver, Talc-Soapstone, ZincProspect
Monte CarloLead, Silver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerUnderground
Monte CarloLead, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Peacock Nos. 1 and 2Silver, Copper, ZincProspect
RewardGold, Lead, Silver, CopperProducer

Every working recorded in Inyo 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
Reward1.5 miles32
Owenyo4.7 miles32
Kearsarge5.0 miles33
Independence7.7 miles33
Beveridge9.1 miles26
Lone Pine9.3 miles34
Seven Pines11.7 miles34
Alabama Hills11.9 miles34

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.

Wikipedia article on ManzanarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6753425The 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 1659050. 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.