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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.

Mountain Home within Tulare County

Then and now

1904 to 1987

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Mountain Home, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Mountain Home, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

93 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
6 September 2006Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresTulare UnitMOUNTAIN
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTulare UnitBROWN
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestSTAIRS
5 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia National ForestHIDDEN
5 September 1993Smokingunder an acreTulare UnitHIDDEN USFS #23
4 September 1997Natural2.0 acresTulare UnitLIGHTNING-7
3 September 2006Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresTulare UnitCAMP
3 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestWISHON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arsenic and Soda SpringsZinc, Lead, CopperOccurrence
Burro Creek ProspectSilverProspect
Cedar HillSilver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
Cedar HillLead, Copper, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Iron Capping GroupZinc, Lead, SilverProspect
Mountain View MineZinc, Silica, Lead, SilverProspect
PowellCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
Travertine Pool Placer Mining ClaimStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Elster ClaimLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Elster ClaimLead, ZincProspect

Every working recorded in Tulare 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
Milo6.5 miles26
Camp Nelson7.8 miles28
Cedar Slope8.8 miles28
Springville9.7 miles26
Smith Mill10.2 miles26
Quaker Meadow11.4 miles27
Globe11.6 miles27
Ponderosa12.6 miles27

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.