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Wheatons, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Springville-Johnsondale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93257. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Solo Peak quadrangle.

Wheatons within Tulare County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wheatons, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Wheatons, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

409 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 409 fires within 5 miles of Wheatons between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,955 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 301 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/incendiarism301
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Natural22
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTule River Fire DepartmentROCKS
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTule River Fire DepartmentGATE
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTule River Fire DepartmentSWITCHBACK
7 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTule River Fire DepartmentDILLION
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTule River Fire DepartmentHAY
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTule River Fire DepartmentYOR
7 September 1995Arson/incendiarism50 acresSequoia National ForestBINGO
5 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTule River Fire DepartmentCRANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wheatons: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Limestone, General. 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 Creek Canyon LimestoneLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Florence G.GoldPast Producer
Gibbon Creek LimestoneLimestone, GeneralProspect
Good Luck TungstenTungstenPast Producer
The CreeksGoldProspect
Tule Indian ReservationTungstenOccurrenceScheelite

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
Soda Springs3.0 miles27
Redwood Corral4.0 miles22
Smith Mill4.6 miles26
Globe8.2 miles27
Camp Nelson9.1 miles28
Springville9.1 miles26
Stone Place9.1 miles22
Johnsondale9.5 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 Q122572704The 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 1667626. 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.