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Banner, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hanford Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93230. The Survey maps it on the Hanford quadrangle. It stands 259 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Banner within Kings County

Then and now

1926 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Banner (historical), surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Banner (historical), surveyed 1926

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Banner (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,412 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined115
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning7
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitLETSON IC.
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitDE WOODY
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitRIVER
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kings 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
Lucerne0.6 miles18
Pitco1.1 miles17
Shirley1.8 miles18
Hanford Del Arroyo Estates2.5 miles17
Kimble (historical)2.9 miles17
Grangeville3.1 miles17
Hanford3.2 miles17
Hardwick3.5 miles18

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 Q4856897The 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 1662074. 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.