BlockBlanco, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Tipton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93212. It stands on Deep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Corcoran quadrangle. It stands 213 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1928 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 65 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
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1928 USGS Corcoran quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Corcoran quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Corcoran quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Blanco between 1992 and 2015, burning about 3,461 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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 | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | TULARE COUNTY #121 |
| 6 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Pixley National Wildlife Refuge | HIGHWAY |
| 6 September 1992 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Central California District | MID OIL |
| 24 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Tulare Unit | HANSON |
| 21 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grasslands Wildlife Management Area | ALMOND |
| 21 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Tulare Unit | APCD #146 |
| 20 September 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Tulare Unit | PG&E # 3 |
| 17 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Pixley National Wildlife Refuge | VALOV |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Blanco: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnbull (historical) | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Angiola | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Waukena | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Spa (historical) | 7.5 miles | 22 | |
| Stoil | 9.3 miles | 22 | |
| West Alpaugh (historical) | 10.2 miles | 24 | |
| Alpaugh | 10.3 miles | 22 | |
| Tipton | 10.7 miles | 20 |
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 Q4924942 | 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 252856. 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.