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Old Garlock, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the East Kern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93554. It lies near Mesquite Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Garlock quadrangle. It stands 1,985 feet above sea level.

Old Garlock within Kern County

Then and now

1915 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Old Garlock, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Old Garlock, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Old Garlock between 1998 and 2010, burning about 1,379 acres in total. None 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/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
1 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,373 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictGARLOCK 2
2 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1113
11 July 1998Equipment and vehicle use5.3 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictKERN CO.8
28 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0036
1 December 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictTRASH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Old Garlock: 20 occurrences, 15 prospects, 13 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Manganese, Salt. 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
Austin GroupGold, Lead, Tungsten, ManganeseOccurrenceGold
College Girl GroupGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceGalena, Gold, Sphalerite
College Girl GroupGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperProspect
Colorado Camp GroupCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadOccurrenceVein
Colorado Camp GroupCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverProspect
Fluorite ClaimsFluorine-FluoriteProspect
J. D. VossTungstenOccurrence
Mickey Mouse Lead MineLeadOccurrence
Smith MineCopper, Gold, LeadProspect
Unnamed Zeolite OccurrenceZeolitesOccurrence

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
Garlock2.6 miles24
Saltdale (historical)3.5 miles26
Ceneda4.1 miles26
Goler Heights5.5 miles28
Gypsite6.4 miles26
Rand7.7 miles28
Redrock (historical)8.0 miles26
Ricardo8.7 miles26

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 Old GarlockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7084077The 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 1702132. 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.