Poso Park, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Springville-Johnsondale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93260. It stands on Spear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Posey quadrangle. 9 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,662 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1936 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1936 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresPoso Park grew from 9 to 9 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 9 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1936 USGS Tobias Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Tobias Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Tobias Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS California Hot Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Isabella Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Posey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Poso Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 174 acres in total. 12 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/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | SUGAR |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | MEADOW |
| 30 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Sequoia National Forest | STARVATION |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | DEER |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | RABBIT |
| 28 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | GRANITE |
| 25 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sequoia National Forest | PASS |
| 23 September 2011 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Sequoia National Forest | SUNDAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Poso Park: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Four No. 1 | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| White River Claims | Molybdenum, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| White River Prospect | Molybdenum, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Anita May | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Anita May | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Cadillac Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | Pyrite, Scheelite | |
| Cadillac Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Thomas Eistrat Property | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Tungstore | Tungsten | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Tungstore Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | 1929, 1932 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View | 0.5 miles | 22 | |
| Panorama Heights | 0.5 miles | 22 | |
| Balance Rock | 1.0 miles | 22 | |
| Sugarloaf Village | 1.0 miles | 22 | |
| Guernsey Mill | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Sugarloaf Saw Mill | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Idlewild | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Spear Creek Summer Home Tract | 2.2 miles | 22 |
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 Poso Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11160109 | The 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 1661255. 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.











