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Woodlake Junction, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodlake-Three Rivers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93286. It stands on Antelope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodlake quadrangle.

Woodlake Junction within Tulare County

Then and now

1928 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Woodlake Junction, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Woodlake Junction, surveyed 1928

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Fires near this place

245 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Woodlake Junction between 1992 and 2018, burning about 5,281 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 95 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/incendiarism95
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Equipment and vehicle use52
Debris and open burning20
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTulare UnitDRY
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitELDERWOOD
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitCOUNTY OF TULARE#74
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism20 acresTulare UnitBAUER
6 September 1996Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTulare UnitGILL
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitTULARE CO # 72
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarism11 acresTulare UnitBADGER
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTulare UnitBADGER 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Woodlake Junction: 4 prospects, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite, Nickel. 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
Exeter PitClayProducer
Goodale DepositFeldsparPast Producer
Hanggi Ranch DepositAsbestos, MagnesiteProspect
PageCopper, GoldUnknown
Venice HillsNickelOccurrenceGarnierite
Venice HillsChromium, Cobalt, Iron, NickelProspect1956
Naranjo DepositsMagnesiteProspect
Charter Oaks SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lemon Cove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomas JacobsCopperOccurrenceUnderground

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
Sequoia0.9 miles19
Woodlake1.0 miles19
Hillmaid1.0 miles21
Redbanks1.6 miles21
Saint Johns2.2 miles19
Naranjo2.9 miles19
Fane3.2 miles20
Elderwood4.0 miles19

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 Q122594036The 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 1667938. 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.