BlockBellota, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Linden-Farmington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95236. It stands on Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Linden quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1894 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1894 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1894 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1908 USGS Linden quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Bellota quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Bellota quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Linden quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Linden quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Linden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Bellota (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 13,907 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | WIMER |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.4 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | SHELLY |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | FLOOD |
| 26 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | OSPITAL 2 |
| 24 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | HARNEY |
| 20 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 240 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | F# 731 AVILA |
| 2 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LINDEN F# 662 CHUNG |
| 15 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | ESCALON |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Bellota (historical): 11 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellota | Gold | Producer | ||
| Gold Hill Dredges | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Bellota Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Miller | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Santa Fe | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Stockton Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stockton No. 2 Pit | 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.
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 Q122593080 | 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 252628. 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.