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Pattiway, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the West Kern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93222. The Survey maps it on the Ballinger Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pattiway within Kern County

Then and now

1903 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pattiway (historical), surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Pattiway (historical), surveyed 1903

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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Pattiway (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,371 acres in total. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
12 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBitter Creek National Wildlife RefugeEXHAUST
11 September 1995Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresCentral California DistrictGRADE
10 September 2011Naturalunder an acreLos Padres National ForestBITTER
7 August 2020Recreation and ceremony2.9 acresBitter Creek National Wildlife RefugeSTUBBLE
3 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresCentral California DistrictKLIPSTEIN 2
25 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresKern County Fire Departmentnot named
19 August 2004Smoking2.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0525
17 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Padres National ForestVISTA

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pattiway (historical): 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sulfur. 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
Ballinger Canyon DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
The Sulfur MineSulfurUnknown

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
Hazelton7.8 miles23
Maricopa9.0 miles23
Pentland9.1 miles26
San Emidio12.2 miles26
Spellacy13.5 miles23
Pine Mountain Club13.7 miles26
South Taft14.7 miles24
Taft Heights14.9 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2788035. 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.