Missouri Triangle, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West Kern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93251. The Survey maps it on the Belridge quadrangle. It stands 561 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1912 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1912 USGS McKittrick quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Belridge quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Belridge quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Taft quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Missouri Triangle between 1993 and 2020, burning about 47,467 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Central California District | MOBIL |
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | BELRIDGE |
| 5 September 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 28 acres | Central California District | STANDARD |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | RESERVE 2 |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0353 |
| 20 September 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0371 |
| 20 September 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 113 acres | Central California District | STANDARD |
| 14 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0087 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Missouri Triangle: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belridge Gypsum Mines | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Temblor Gypsum Co. Deposits | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spicer City | 6.2 miles | 24 | |
| Reward | 8.1 miles | 22 | |
| Olig (historical) | 8.1 miles | 22 | |
| Lokern | 8.1 miles | 24 | |
| North Belridge | 9.1 miles | 24 | |
| McKittrick | 9.9 miles | 24 | |
| Asphalto (historical) | 10.4 miles | 24 | |
| Buttonwillow | 12.0 miles | 25 |
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 Missouri Triangle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6879761 | The 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 246037. 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.









