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Pinehurst, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93641. It lies near Burns Flat. The Survey maps it on the Miramonte quadrangle. It stands 4,003 feet above sea level.

Pinehurst within Fresno County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pinehurst, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Pinehurst, surveyed 1922

On record in Pinehurst

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

181 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Pinehurst between 1992 and 2020, burning about 814 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 14 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Debris and open burning35
Equipment and vehicle use33
Recreation and ceremony21
Natural16
Arson/incendiarism14
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Other causes5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4

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
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksSWALE
4 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitGREENHILL RD MIRAMONTE
30 September 1992Debris and open burning130 acresTulare UnitPG&E
3 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksCONE
28 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksLION
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia National ForestTODD
26 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTulare UnitBADGER
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestVALLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pinehurst: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten. 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
Indian Gap No 1TungstenOccurrence
Mill Creek TungstenTungstenProspect
North ForkTungstenPast Producer
Unnamed Tactite ZoneTungstenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fresno 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
Etheda Springs0.5 miles23
Neffs Camp0.9 miles23
Cedarbrook0.9 miles23
Deer Crossing1.7 miles23
Miramonte1.9 miles23
Millwood (historical)3.5 miles23
Goodmill5.9 miles25
Dunlap6.3 miles23

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.

Wikidata item Q7195493The 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 1659397. 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.