BlockBefore

Wofford Heights, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lake Isabella census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93285. It stands on Tillie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Isabella North quadrangle. 2,213 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,684 feet above sea level.

Wofford Heights within Kern County

Then and now

1906 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wofford Heights, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Wofford Heights, surveyed 1906

Population over time

2 figures

Wofford Heights grew from 2,200 to 2,213 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,200
20202,213+13 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

395 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 395 fires within 5 miles of Wofford Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,839 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined160
Recreation and ceremony52
Equipment and vehicle use45
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Debris and open burning26
Natural18
Smoking17
Arson/incendiarism17
Fireworks16
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
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
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia National ForestHUT
9 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSequoia National ForestAUXILLARY
9 September 2000Smokingunder an acreSequoia National ForestPOWER
8 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia National ForestLAKE
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKern County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestGULCH
7 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresSequoia National ForestTERRACE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Wofford Heights: 26 past producers, 8 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver. 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 Blue GroupGold, Silver, Copper, LeadProducer
Big Blue GroupGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Big Blue MineTungsten, GoldProducerGold, Scheelite
Black JackLead, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
CoveSilver, GoldPast Producer1860
French GulchGold, SilverPast Producer
Kern MinesGold, BismuthOccurrence
Kern Rock Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Laurel Group of MinesCopper, Zinc, Gold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Beauregard ClaimGoldProducer

Every working recorded in Kern 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
Kernville (historical)1.1 miles28
Isabella (historical)3.6 miles28
Kernville3.7 miles25
Camp Owens4.5 miles25
Alta Sierra5.2 miles25
Shirley Meadows5.3 miles25
Mountain Mesa5.4 miles28
Riverkern5.7 miles25

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 Wofford HeightsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2734461The 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 1661706. 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.