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Tarina, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lake Isabella census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93220. The Survey maps it on the Rio Bravo Ranch quadrangle. 18 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Tarina within Kern County

Then and now

1914 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tarina, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Tarina, surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Tarina between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22,782 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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/undetermined51
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia National ForestRANCHERIA
24 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSequoia National Forest178
20 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKern County Fire Departmentnot named
17 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
11 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreKern County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Tarina: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Gold. 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
C and H Materials CoGold, SilverPast Producer
Cottonwood Creek DepositsGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Gem ProspectCopperOccurrence
Gem ProspectCopperUnknown
Cottonwood CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Cottonwood Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Phoenix Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel OccurrenceSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kern 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
Edison3.9 miles29
Treves (historical)4.3 miles29
Rock Springs (historical)4.7 miles27
Choctaw Valley4.8 miles34
Bena5.9 miles32
Algoso6.0 miles29
East Niles6.1 miles34
Mayfair6.2 miles29

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.

Wikipedia article on TarinaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q110763405The 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 2804563. 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.