Lakeview Gusher No. 1

Lakeview Gusher No. 1 is a California Historical Landmark in Kern County.

1.5 miles north of Maricopa · location approximate

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America's most spectacular gusher blew in here March 14, 1910. Initial flow was 18,000 barrels per day and later reached uncontrolled peak of 100,000 barrels per day, completely destroying the derrick. This Union Oil Company well between Taft and Maricopa produced nine million barrels of oil in 18 months.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

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Historical maps covering this location

1901 · Composite: California and Nevada. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1910 · Buena Vista Lake, California (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1912 · Buena Vista Lake, California (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1926 · Map Showing State Highway System (California), 1926. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1950 · Maricopa, California (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Composite: California and Nevada, 1901, covering the location of Lakeview Gusher No. 1, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Composite: California and Nevada, 1901, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

Lakeview Gusher No. 1

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