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Wimp, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Orosi-Cutler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93615. The Survey maps it on the Stokes Mountain quadrangle.

Wimp within Tulare County

Then and now

1921 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wimp, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Wimp, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 27 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

481 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 481 fires within 5 miles of Wimp between 1992 and 2016, burning about 2,541 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 262 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/incendiarism262
Missing data/not specified/undetermined99
Equipment and vehicle use64
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Debris and open burning23
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTulare UnitMASSIE
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTulare UnitALTA#5
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTulare UnitHUERTA
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitCHURCH
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTulare UnitEAST
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresTulare UnitPINKERTON
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTulare UnitOLYMPIC
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitTULARE COUNTY #92

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wimp: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
BezzaridesUraniumProspect
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
DickeyGranitePast Producer
Ledbetter Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Yettem1.3 miles19
Seville1.5 miles21
Wyeth1.8 miles22
Calgro2.3 miles19
Cutler2.8 miles22
Twin Buttes3.1 miles21
East Orosi3.4 miles22
Orosi3.8 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 Q28945086The 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 1660190. 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.