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Miracle Hot Springs, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lake Isabella census division. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Miracle Hot Springs quadrangle. It stands 2,382 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.

Miracle Hot Springs within Kern County

Then and now

1920 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Miracle Hot Springs (historical), surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Miracle Hot Springs (historical), surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

268 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Miracle Hot Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72,580 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined120
Equipment and vehicle use32
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Natural23
Recreation and ceremony22
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking6
Fireworks5
Other causes1

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 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1069
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0193
6 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0944
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestBLACK
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresSequoia National ForestBOREL
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSequoia National ForestSECOND
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestLONE
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresCentral California DistrictLAKEWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 108 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 108 workings within 5 miles of Miracle Hot Springs (historical): 46 past producers, 18 producers, 18 prospects, 17 occurrences. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Uranium, Silver. 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
Erskine Creek DepositsLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Isabella Readimix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
ProsperityGold, TungstenOccurrenceVein
Uncle Same MineGold, ArsenicPast ProducerGold
Alice MineAntimonyProducer
Alice MineAntimonyPast Producer
KergonMolybdenum, UraniumOccurrenceIlsemannite, Jordisite
KergonMolybdenum, UraniumProducerIlsemannite, Jordisite, Pitchblende
MondayCopperOccurrenceVein
MondayCopperUnknown

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
Bodfish2.4 miles28
Keyesville3.7 miles25
Havilah4.1 miles24
Petersburg (historical)4.1 miles24
Lake Isabella4.4 miles28
Scovern Hot Springs (historical)4.5 miles28
Pettit Place6.2 miles25
Isabella (historical)6.7 miles28

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 Miracle Hot Springs (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6872403The 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 1661037. 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.