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Red Fir, 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 stands on Wolverton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Giant Forest quadrangle.

Red Fir 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 Red Fir, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Red Fir, surveyed 1903

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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Red Fir between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,394 acres in total. 75 started naturally. 4 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
Natural75
Recreation and ceremony38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning8
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism4
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 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestCAMP
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksPANTHER
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksMICROWAVE
30 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksWOVERTON 2
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestCREEKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Red Fir: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Mercury, Copper. 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
Copper QueenCopperOccurrenceVein
Sequoia NationalMercuryUnknown
Sequoia National ParkTungstenOccurrenceScheelite

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
Pinewood2.2 miles26
Stony Creek Village5.7 miles26
Potwisha6.3 miles26
Advance9.5 miles26
Hartland10.7 miles27
Oak Grove10.8 miles28
Hammond10.9 miles28
Cabin Cove11.3 miles28

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 Q122550889The 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 1667532. 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.