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Pinewood, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodlake-Three Rivers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93262. It lies near Round Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Giant Forest quadrangle.

Pinewood within Tulare County

Then and now

1903 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pinewood, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Pinewood, surveyed 1903

On record in Pinewood

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Pinewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,247 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 3 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
Natural55
Recreation and ceremony43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning8
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksMARBLE
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksSEVENMILE
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksMEHRTEN
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksPANTHER
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksMICROWAVE
4 September 2003Natural4.0 acresSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksBUCKEYE
30 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksWOVERTON 2
3 September 1998Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictCASE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pinewood: 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Copper, Copper, Silver, 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
Lost FrenchmanLead, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Sequoia NationalMercuryUnknown
Sequoia National ParkTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Copper QueenCopperOccurrenceVein
Lucky DogLead, CopperOccurrence

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
Red Fir2.2 miles26
Potwisha4.3 miles26
Stony Creek Village7.4 miles26
Advance8.3 miles26
Oak Grove8.6 miles28
Hammond9.0 miles28
Cabin Cove9.5 miles28
Silver City9.8 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659398. 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.