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McKenzie Spring, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93619. It stands on North Fork Little Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Academy quadrangle. It stands 820 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.

McKenzie Spring within Fresno County

Then and now

1923 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McKenzie Spring (historical), surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of McKenzie Spring (historical), surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

228 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of McKenzie Spring (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,588 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined84
Equipment and vehicle use65
Arson/incendiarism20
Natural17
Debris and open burning16
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictCAPITOL
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFresno-Kings UnitFKU 182
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresFresno-Kings UnitRENO
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictWITT
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitSKY
27 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitGALVOND
27 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresFresno-Kings UnitCOYOTE
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitBLASINGAME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of McKenzie Spring (historical): 9 unknowns, 7 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Kyanite. 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
Fort Miller Ranch DepositPumiceUnknown
FresnoCopper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerVein
One and Two Gold HillGold, SilverPast Producer
Reported DepositChromiumOccurrence
Reported OccurrenceKyaniteOccurrence
Yellow AstorGold, Tin, TungstenPast Producer
Achsah D. MineGoldProspect
Bessie H.GoldPast ProducerGold
Bessie H. MineGoldUnknown
Bully BoyGoldPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Fresno 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
Sparkville (historical)0.9 miles21
Millerton2.5 miles20
Marshall Junction3.2 miles29
Shipp (historical)4.1 miles20
Friant5.3 miles20
Sentinel (historical)6.5 miles26
Prather6.5 miles29
Letcher (historical)7.1 miles21

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 Q6801846The 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 1665640. 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.