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White River, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Springville-Johnsondale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93257. It stands on Arrastre Creek. The Survey maps it on the White River quadrangle.

White River within Tulare County

Then and now

1936 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 42 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, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of White River, surveyed 1936

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

23 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of White River between 1995 and 2018, burning about 3,059 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism3

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
28 September 2005Naturalunder an acreTulare UnitGRAPE VINE LIGHT #3
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitSPRING
15 September 1995Arson/incendiarism40 acresCentral California DistrictSTAGE
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTulare UnitGUTHRIE
10 September 2018Arson/incendiarism4.3 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCALIFORNIA
8 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresTulare UnitHOT SPRINGS
30 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitBIDART/TULARE CO 65
29 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitGUTHRIE #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of White River: 25 prospects, 11 past producers, 7 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Lead. 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 Mountain MineGold, SilverProducer
Mccann RanchAsbestosOccurrence
Sears ClayClayOccurrence
White River LodeTungsten, CopperOccurrenceChrysocolla, Scheelite
Blue Mountain MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Clara GibbonsGold, LeadProspect
Horned LarkGold, SilverPast Producer
JosephineGold, LeadProspect
Charles Reeves MineTungstenProspect
IndianTungstenOccurrenceScheelite

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
Fountain Springs6.7 miles27
Posey8.5 miles22
Stone Place8.5 miles22
Idlewild9.1 miles22
Balance Rock10.1 miles22
California Hot Springs10.6 miles22
Pleasant View10.7 miles22
Poso Park11.0 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.

Wikipedia article on White RiverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7995263The 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 1661683. 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.