BlockAnnette, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Wasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93461. The Survey maps it on the Orchard Peak quadrangle. It stands 2,198 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1914 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 75 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
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1914 USGS Cholame quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Cholame quadrangle1:125000
- 1917 USGS Cholame quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Annette quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Orchard Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Orchard Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1989 USGS Paso Robles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Annette between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,303 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.8 acres | Central California District | HIGHWAY |
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | BITTERWATER |
| 6 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 277 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | GILLIS |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SHANDON |
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | GILLIS |
| 18 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | CHOLAME |
| 11 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0367 |
| 6 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | GILLIS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kecks Corner | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Packwood (historical) | 7.7 miles | 20 | |
| Summers (historical) | 9.6 miles | 20 | |
| Blackwells Corner | 16.7 miles | 24 | |
| North Belridge | 21.8 miles | 24 | |
| Lost Hills | 25.8 miles | 25 | |
| Missouri Triangle | 29.8 miles | 22 | |
| Spicer City | 32.2 miles | 24 |
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 Q4769049 | 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 1660254. 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.