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Sugarloaf Mountain Park, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Springville-Johnsondale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93260. It lies near Sugarloaf Peak. The Survey maps it on the Tobias Peak quadrangle.

Sugarloaf Mountain Park within Tulare County

Then and now

1936 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sugarloaf Mountain Park, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Sugarloaf Mountain Park, surveyed 1936

Compare 1936 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Sugarloaf Mountain Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 127 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 2 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
Natural24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestSUGAR
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia National ForestMEADOW
30 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSequoia National ForestSTARVATION
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestDEER
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia National ForestRABBIT
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestSCARLET
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictGRANITE
25 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestPASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Sugarloaf Mountain Park: 7 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Uranium. 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
Big Four No. 1UraniumUnknown
White River ClaimsMolybdenum, Copper, SilverOccurrenceMolybdenite
White River ProspectMolybdenum, Copper, SilverOccurrenceVein
WingroveMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
WingroveMolybdenumOccurrenceVein
Anita MayTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Anita MayTungstenProspect
Billy Boy GroupTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Billy Boy GroupTungstenUnknown
Thomas Eistrat PropertyTungstenOccurrence

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
Guernsey Mill0.7 miles22
Sugarloaf Saw Mill0.8 miles22
White River Summer Home Tract1.4 miles22
Spear Creek Summer Home Tract1.4 miles22
Sugarloaf Village1.8 miles22
Poso Park2.5 miles22
Panorama Heights2.7 miles22
Pleasant View3.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661519. 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.