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Spinks Corner, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Tulare census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93274. It stands on Davis Slough. The Survey maps it on the Cairns Corner quadrangle.

Spinks Corner within Tulare County

Then and now

1927 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Spinks Corner, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Spinks Corner, surveyed 1927

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Spinks Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,628 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism21
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2

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
4 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitVAN TOL
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitHERBERT 2019
21 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTulare UnitALMEIDA
17 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare Unitnot named
17 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresTulare UnitJONES
1 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitFREITAS
8 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitCLARK
7 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Spinks Corner: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Brown Cement WorksSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Hypericum3.2 miles20
Swall3.5 miles22
Loma4.3 miles23
Elba4.4 miles22
Cairns Corner5.2 miles21
Imhoff5.2 miles22
Higby5.8 miles23
Tulare6.1 miles22

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 Q122545644The 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 1661490. 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.