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Bellevue, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Atwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95348. It stands on Parkinson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Merced quadrangle. It stands 177 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.

Bellevue within Merced County

Then and now

1914 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bellevue (historical), surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Bellevue (historical), surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

972 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 972 fires within 5 miles of Bellevue (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,698 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 86 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/undetermined516
Equipment and vehicle use188
Debris and open burning91
Arson/incendiarism86
Misuse of fire by a minor39
Smoking35
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitE BELLEVUE RD ATWATER_CI
9 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitNORTH BEAR CREEK DR E MCK
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPACIFIC
9 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDUNN
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitDECOY AV / CONVOY RD
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitSTRETCH RD MCKEE
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitBULK
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitCARTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Merced 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
Nairn (historical)1.2 miles17
Hoff (historical)3.0 miles17
Fergus3.9 miles17
Merced4.1 miles16
Cuba (historical)4.2 miles17
Fluhr4.7 miles17
Castle Gardens4.8 miles17
Buhach5.2 miles17

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 Q4883877The 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 1661965. 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.