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Zante, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Strathmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93257. The Survey maps it on the Porterville quadrangle. It stands 417 feet above sea level.

Zante within Tulare County

Then and now

1929 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Zante, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Zante, surveyed 1929

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

691 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 691 fires within 5 miles of Zante between 1992 and 2020, burning about 46,430 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 298 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/incendiarism298
Missing data/not specified/undetermined181
Equipment and vehicle use99
Misuse of fire by a minor55
Smoking28
Debris and open burning19
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives use1
Natural1
Other causes1
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
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitKNUTSON
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitRIVERBOTTOM #22
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitPETTIS
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitHARBISON
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitTULE #26
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTulare UnitLIME
5 September 1993Debris and open burning3.0 acresTulare UnitSINER
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitBROOMBAUGH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Zante: 8 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Copper. 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 CrystalCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Frazier Valley Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
HoldridgeLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unnamed LocationGemstoneOccurrence
Gill MineCopperProspect
Brock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
James MineChromiumPast Producer1915, 1916
James MineChromiumPast Producer1915
Lewis Hill Chromite ProspectChromiumProspect
Nanceville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Lisko1.3 miles23
Westfield1.6 miles23
Abilene2.2 miles18
Strathmore2.3 miles18
Portex (historical)2.3 miles18
Monache (historical)2.4 miles23
Prewit (historical)3.3 miles18
Roche3.4 miles23

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 ZanteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8066267The 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 253008. 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.