San Emidio, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West Kern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93311. It stands on Bitter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pentland quadrangle. It stands 479 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1910 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 26 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.
- 1910 USGS Buena Vista Lake quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Buena Vista Lake quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Pentland Junction quadrangle1:31680
- 1934 USGS Pentland quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Pentland quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Pentland quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Pentland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Taft quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of San Emidio between 1995 and 2020, burning about 586 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Central California District | AMERICAN |
| 13 September 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0852 |
| 5 August 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0836 |
| 21 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Central California District | LAKE |
| 12 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0897 |
| 9 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0533 |
| 5 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0337 |
| 27 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0526 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of San Emidio: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista Lake | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| J. W. Brown Rock Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyan (historical) | 3.1 miles | 28 | |
| Pentland | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Hazelton | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| Maricopa | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Levee (historical) | 6.7 miles | 26 | |
| Millux | 8.2 miles | 26 | |
| South Taft | 8.5 miles | 24 | |
| Taft | 8.7 miles | 24 |
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 Q7413807 | 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 1661378. 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.













