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Miramonte, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93641. It lies near Burns Flat. The Survey maps it on the Miramonte quadrangle. It stands 3,094 feet above sea level.

Miramonte within Fresno County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Miramonte, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Miramonte, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Miramonte between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,967 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined45
Debris and open burning36
Equipment and vehicle use35
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural12
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking3
Other causes2

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 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitMAGPIE
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitGEORGE
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresSequoia National ForestCOOKS
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitPIPPATT
4 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitGREENHILL RD MIRAMONTE
4 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSequoia National ForestSNOWLINE
30 September 1992Debris and open burning130 acresTulare UnitPG&E
26 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTulare UnitBADGER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Miramonte: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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
Ninety-Nine MineGoldUnknown
Unnamed DepositsStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Bill Waley Indian AllotmentTungstenPast ProducerScheelite
Bill Waley Indian AllotmentTungstenPast Producer
J. A. BarringtonTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
J.A. Barrington ProspectTungstenOccurrence
Mill Creek TungstenTungstenProspect
North ForkTungstenPast Producer
Unnamed Tactite ZoneTungstenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miramonte in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023FloodMiramonte-California Highway Patrol reported a rockslide blocking both directions of SR 180 at SR 245.

Every storm 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
Deer Crossing0.3 miles23
Pinehurst1.9 miles23
Etheda Springs2.4 miles23
Cedarbrook2.5 miles23
Neffs Camp2.7 miles23
Millwood (historical)4.4 miles23
Dunlap4.8 miles23
Goodmill6.3 miles25

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 MiramonteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6872747The 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 263693. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.