BlockArroz, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Esparto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95694. The Survey maps it on the Winters quadrangle. It stands 161 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1907 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 87 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
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1907 USGS Woodland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Winters quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Woodland quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Winters quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Woodland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Arroz between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,190 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | FORBES #1 |
| 9 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | FORBES #2 |
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 373 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | EIGHTY-EIGHT |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 137 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | TWENTY SEVEN |
| 24 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | 29 |
| 22 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | STUCKER |
| 20 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | YOLO |
| 19 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | MELENDIEZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Arroz: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solano Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citrona | 0.9 miles | 22 | |
| Norton | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Cottonwood | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Madison | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Jacobs Corner | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Esparto | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Country Villa Estates | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| El Rio Villa | 6.1 miles | 23 |
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 Q4796272 | 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 252618. 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.