Burness, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fresno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93737. It stands on Dog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clovis quadrangle. It stands 348 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1923 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 59 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
13 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.
- 1923 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 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
- 1964 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
693 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 693 fires within 5 miles of Burness between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,389 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 70 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 | 369 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 112 |
| Debris and open burning | 76 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 70 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 37 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| 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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | DEL REY |
| 8 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | WILLOW |
| 8 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | POWER |
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU 11182 |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU 11600 |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | E NATIONAL AVE FRESNO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Camp (historical) | 0.8 miles | 22 | |
| Bronge (historical) | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Las Palmas | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Vanris (historical) | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Cameo | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Sunnyside | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Tarpey | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Locans | 2.9 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.
| Wikipedia article on Burness | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4999654 | 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 1655855. 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.












