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Millersville, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Tehachapi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93518. It stands on Sycamore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Loraine quadrangle. It stands 2,516 feet above sea level.

Millersville 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 Millersville, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Millersville, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Millersville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,245 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined15
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0679
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCentral California DistrictDENISON
25 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0721
25 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0668
24 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor55 acresCentral California DistrictINDIAN
14 September 1993Debris and open burning800 acresCentral California DistrictEAGLE
12 September 1998Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0494
10 September 2011Natural810 acresCentral California DistrictINDIAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Millersville: 17 past producers, 10 producers, 7 occurrences, 3 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Antimony, Silver, Tungsten. 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
Black Hawk MineZinc, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
BlackhawkZinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Caliente CreekUraniumOccurrence
Golden GroupMolybdenum, GoldOccurrenceMolybdenite
Golden GroupMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Ritter Ranch DepositBarium-Barite, GoldProspect
Tollgate DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Top of the WorldTungsten, AntimonyOccurrenceVein
Amalie-Agua CalienteGold, SilverProducer
Barbarossa MineSilver, GoldProducer

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
Loraine1.1 miles25
Sand Canyon1.6 miles25
Twin Oaks2.6 miles25
Fig Orchard6.6 miles26
Piute (historical)7.3 miles26
Rowen7.7 miles27
Keene7.8 miles27
El Rita7.9 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 Q6859383The 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 245939. 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.