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Seven Pines, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93526. It lies near Grays Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Kearsarge Peak quadrangle. It stands 6,197 feet above sea level.

Seven Pines within Inyo County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Seven Pines, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Seven Pines, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 34 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Seven Pines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
23 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitINDEPENDENCE
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitBRIGHT
11 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
10 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreInyo National ForestONION
3 August 2000Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestHATCHERY
29 August 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National ForestSHEPHERD
24 August 1999Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestPINYON
24 August 1999Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestGARY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Seven Pines: 8 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, Lead, 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
Mary Darleen MineSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerGold
Material Site #118 Pit BSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rex Montis MineGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
Silver Lead ProspectSilver, LeadOccurrence
Green Onion ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Kearsarge GroupGold, SilverPast Producer
Kearsarge MineGold, SilverPast ProducerGold, Silver
Local Yokel ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Mary DarleenGold, SilverPast Producer
Phoenix ProspectGold, SilverPast Producer

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
Independence5.1 miles33
Kearsarge9.5 miles33
Blackrock10.4 miles34
Manzanar11.7 miles32
Reward12.9 miles32
Chrysopolis (historical)13.1 miles34
Aberdeen13.5 miles35
Whitney Portal14.0 miles32

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 Q7457382The 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 1659629. 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.