BlockBender, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Riverdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93656. The Survey maps it on the Burrel quadrangle. It stands 207 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.
Then and now
1927 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 66 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
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1927 USGS Burrel quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Burrel quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Burrel quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Burrel quadrangle1:25000
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
126 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Bender (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,116 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | DICKENSON |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU38520 |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU38506 |
| 3 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | RIVERDALE #15 |
| 26 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | DICKENSON |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | MT WHITNEY |
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | W EXCELSIOR AV /S GRANTLA |
| 22 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU10549 |
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.
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 Q4887039 | 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 1665593. 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.