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White River Summer Home Tract, 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 Betty Waller Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Posey quadrangle.

White River Summer Home Tract 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 White River Summer Home Tract, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of White River Summer Home Tract, 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 White River Summer Home Tract between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined21
Natural21
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
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
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 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTulare UnitTYLER 4
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 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of White River Summer Home Tract: 7 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Molybdenum, Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, 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
WingroveMolybdenumUnknown
Anita MayTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Anita MayTungstenProspect
Billy Boy GroupTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Billy Boy GroupTungstenUnknown

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
Sugarloaf Saw Mill1.0 miles22
Guernsey Mill1.2 miles22
Sugarloaf Mountain Park1.4 miles22
Sugarloaf Village1.7 miles22
Pine Flat2.4 miles22
Spear Creek Summer Home Tract2.7 miles22
Poso Park2.7 miles22
California Hot Springs3.0 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 Q122561177The 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 1661684. 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.