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Smyrna, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Dinuba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93618. The Survey maps it on the Orange Cove South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Smyrna within Tulare County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Smyrna (historical), surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Smyrna (historical), surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

287 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Smyrna (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 573 acres in total. None started naturally. 96 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
Arson/incendiarism96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined84
Equipment and vehicle use54
Debris and open burning21
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresTulare UnitSULTANA
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTulare UnitMASSIE
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTulare UnitHUERTA
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitJOST
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTulare UnitTULARE COUNTY # 74
4 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitCUTLER
30 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitTULARE CO#86
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Smyrna (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dinuba Magnesite Co.MagnesitePast Producer

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
Dinuba2.2 miles23
Monson2.3 miles19
Sultana2.4 miles22
Tokay2.5 miles22
Enson3.0 miles23
North Dinuba3.8 miles23
Cutler4.2 miles22
Delft Colony4.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1702965. 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.