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Terese, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the East Kern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93527. The Survey maps it on the Inyokern SE quadrangle. It stands 2,697 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Terese within Kern County

Then and now

1915 to 1993

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 Terese (historical), surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Terese (historical), surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Terese (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 876 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
21 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1118
17 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictRAILROAD
10 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHOOD
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictCHINA
12 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0178
9 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictBOWMAN
29 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSHAFT
2 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictJACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Terese (historical): 10 prospects, 8 past producers, 3 producers, 3 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, 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
Blue Eagle GroupCopper, Gold, Zinc, ArsenicProspect
Code Siding DepositWollastonitePast Producer1933
Rademacher MineGold, UraniumProspect
Sweetheart DepositStoneProspect
The Lead MineLeadOccurrenceLead
Unnamed Clay DepositBentonite, CalciumProspect
Walsh and Mc Claude ClaimManganeseOccurrence
Inyokern Cinder PitPumiceProducer
Manning GroupCopperProspect
Pottery GroupPumiceOccurrence

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
Ridgecrest Heights4.8 miles23
China Lake Acres5.1 miles23
Inyokern5.8 miles23
Ridgecrest6.9 miles23
Freeman Junction7.0 miles23
Armistead8.0 miles23
Indian Wells8.4 miles23
China Lake8.5 miles23

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 Q7702252The 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 1670235. 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.