Mountain Home, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Springville-Johnsondale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93265. It lies near Deer Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Camp Wishon quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 27 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.
- 1904 USGS Kaweah quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Kaweah quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1937 USGS Kaweah quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Camp Nelson quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Camp Wishon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Home between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,207 acres in total. 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Tulare Unit | MOUNTAIN |
| 6 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tulare Unit | BROWN |
| 5 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | STAIRS |
| 5 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | HIDDEN |
| 5 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Tulare Unit | HIDDEN USFS #23 |
| 4 September 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Tulare Unit | LIGHTNING-7 |
| 3 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Tulare Unit | CAMP |
| 3 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | WISHON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Home: 10 prospects, 8 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic and Soda Springs | Zinc, Lead, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Burro Creek Prospect | Silver | Prospect | ||
| Cedar Hill | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Cedar Hill | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Capping Group | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Mountain View Mine | Zinc, Silica, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Powell | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Travertine Pool Placer Mining Claim | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Elster Claim | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Elster Claim | Lead, Zinc | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milo | 6.5 miles | 26 | |
| Camp Nelson | 7.8 miles | 28 | |
| Cedar Slope | 8.8 miles | 28 | |
| Springville | 9.7 miles | 26 | |
| Smith Mill | 10.2 miles | 26 | |
| Quaker Meadow | 11.4 miles | 27 | |
| Globe | 11.6 miles | 27 | |
| Ponderosa | 12.6 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1667601. 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.












