BlockBatavia, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Dixon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95620. It stands on Gibson Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dixon quadrangle. It stands 62 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1908 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 85 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 29 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.
- 1908 USGS Vacaville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1916 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Vacaville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:24000, 12 printings
- 1953 USGS Vacaville quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Batavia between 1995 and 2016, burning about 234 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 31 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CRICKET |
| 3 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BUCKTOWN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Binghamton | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Hartley | 4.7 miles | 24 | |
| Elmira | 4.8 miles | 26 | |
| Allendale | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Sucro | 5.3 miles | 29 | |
| Leisure Town | 5.3 miles | 26 | |
| Violet (historical) | 6.1 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.
| Wikipedia article on Batavia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4868660 | 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 1655814. 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.