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.
Then and now
1928 to 1993The 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 sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1928 USGS Lemon Cove quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Exeter quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Woodlake quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
245 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 95 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tulare Unit | DRY |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | ELDERWOOD |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | COUNTY OF TULARE#74 |
| 7 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Tulare Unit | BAUER |
| 6 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Tulare Unit | GILL |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | TULARE CO # 72 |
| 4 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Tulare Unit | BADGER |
| 4 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Tulare Unit | BADGER 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Goodale Deposit | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Hanggi Ranch Deposit | Asbestos, Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Page | Copper, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Venice Hills | Nickel | Occurrence | Garnierite | |
| Venice Hills | Chromium, Cobalt, Iron, Nickel | Prospect | 1956 | |
| Naranjo Deposits | Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Charter Oaks Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lemon Cove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomas Jacobs | Copper | Occurrence | Underground |
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.
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 Q122594036 | The 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.










