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Pinon Pines Estates, California

29 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 93225. It lies near Cuddy Valley. The Survey maps it on the Cuddy Valley quadrangle. It stands 5,561 feet above sea level.

Pinon Pines Estates 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 Pinon Pines Estates, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Pinon Pines Estates, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Pinon Pines Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 832 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined32
Natural29
Recreation and ceremony24
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning8
Other causes5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLos Padres National ForestTECUYA
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Padres National ForestDARLING II
30 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Padres National ForestBETHANY
25 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLos Padres National ForestSALT CR.
23 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Padres National ForestPINION
23 September 1999Naturalunder an acreLos Padres National ForestADAMS
23 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLos Padres National ForestHILLSIDE
23 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLos Padres National ForestCHULA VISTA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Pinon Pines Estates: 17 prospects, 13 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Boron-Borates, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Antimony. 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
Antimony Peak MineAntimony, SilverProducerPyrite, Stibnite
No. 5 AmendedClayProspect
Snowy No. 1 ClaimManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane
Snowy No. 1 ClaimManganeseProspect
Big Pine GroupAntimonyProspect
Padre MineAntimonyPast Producer
San Emigdio-Antimony PeakAntimonyProducer
Sand Springs Canyon DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Tecuya DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
White Ridge DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

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
Lake of the Woods2.6 miles27
Frazier Park5.2 miles27
Pine Mountain Club5.8 miles26
Tejon Ranch8.8 miles27
Lebec9.5 miles25
Grapevine9.8 miles25
Wheeler Ridge13.1 miles26
Mettler16.7 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.

Wikidata item Q7196406The 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 254426. 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.