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One of 23 National Register listings published here for Kern County · listed in 2023 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Midway-Sunset Jack Plant
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1912.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 25296 CA 33, approx. 1 mi. south of Derby Acres, Fellows, 93224
- When was it listed? June 2023
- Category. structure
- Census division. West Kern
- National Register reference number. 100009058 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
287 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Midway-Sunset Jack Plant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,188 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 114 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 82 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | DERBY ACRES |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central California District | AREA |
| 7 September 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0546 |
| 6 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0616 |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0829 |
| 5 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Central California District | DERBY 2 |
| 5 September 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Central California District | MOCAL 2 |
| 30 September 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0654 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Midway-Sunset Jack Plant: 8 past producers, 6 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Acres Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Santa Fe Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gasko Group | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Mitchell Property | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Owen Group | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Owen Group | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Dollar Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Derby Acres | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect | ||
| Green and Collins | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| McKittrick | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer |
Maps showing this location
11 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1912 USGS McKittrick quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Fellows quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Fellows quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Fellows quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Taft quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009058 in Record Group 79. |
| Kern County | All 23 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.