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Rocking K, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bishop census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93514. It lies near Red Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bishop quadrangle. It stands 4,564 feet above sea level.

Rocking K within Inyo County

Then and now

1913 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rocking K, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Rocking K, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Rocking K between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,705 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined53
Equipment and vehicle use25
Recreation and ceremony17
Natural13
Smoking11
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresCentral California DistrictWESTSIDE
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
22 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictSCALES
20 September 2014Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitBROCKMAN LN / DIXON LN 3
19 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitPOLELINE
15 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHWY 168 / MUMY RD
14 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSUNLAND DR BISHOP_FIRE_D
13 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitPLEASANT VALLEY CAMPGRO 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Rocking K: 24 past producers, 7 producers, 6 occurrences, 6 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Antimony, Zinc. 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
Katy MineSilverPast Producer
Little SisterTungsten, ZincPast Producer1916
Moonlight MineGarnet, TungstenPast ProducerUnderground
Round Valley & Deep Canyon AreaTungsten, BismuthOccurrenceScheelite
YaneyTungsten, GoldPast ProducerFerberite
Yaney MineTungsten, GoldPast Producer
Bishop Antimony MineAntimonyProducer
Bishop Antimony MineAntimonyPast Producer
Brockman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Round Valley Community PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Inyo 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
Oteys Sierra Village1.2 miles26
West Bishop1.4 miles26
Brockmans Corner2.8 miles26
Sunland (historical)4.5 miles26
Bishop4.6 miles26
Bishop Trail Park4.7 miles26
Alta Vista4.8 miles33
Round Valley6.9 miles33

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 Q7355369The 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 275666. 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.