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Caldwell, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the San Joaquin-Tranquillity census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93660. The Survey maps it on the San Joaquin 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.

Caldwell within Fresno County

Then and now

1925 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 57 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Caldwell (historical), surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Caldwell (historical), surveyed 1925

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Caldwell (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,642 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use18
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitGRAHAM RD /W FLORAL AVE
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitDAVIDSON DR SAN_JOAQUIN
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitFKU 9254
22 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresFresno-Kings UnitKAMM FIRE
2 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitCOLORADO
14 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitNEVADA
10 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitLOG
7 August 2012Smoking1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitGRADE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Caldwell (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Helm Phos-Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown

Every working recorded in Fresno 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
San Joaquin2.9 miles15
Nares (historical)3.8 miles17
Helm4.2 miles17
Tranquillity7.4 miles18
Fresno City (historical)8.3 miles18
Jamesan10.3 miles18
Cantua Creek10.4 miles18
Five Points10.6 miles18

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 Q5019123The 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 1665601. 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.