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Wherry Housing, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the East Kern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93523. The Survey maps it on the Edwards quadrangle.

Wherry Housing within Kern County

Then and now

1937 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 55 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wherry Housing, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Wherry Housing, surveyed 1937

Compare 1937 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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.

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
Edwards0.2 miles19
Fluhr (historical)1.6 miles19
Muroc (historical)3.3 miles19
Bissell6.1 miles28
Solon (historical)7.6 miles19
North Muroc (historical)8.4 miles28
North Edwards8.4 miles28
Sanborn10.5 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666702. 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.