BlockCalflax, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Huron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93624. The Survey maps it on the Calflax quadrangle. It stands 276 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1912 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 75 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.
- 1912 USGS Coalinga quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1932 USGS West of Lethent quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS West of Lethent quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Calflax quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Coalinga quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Calflax between 1993 and 2017, burning about 106 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | W OAKLAND AV /S EL DORADO |
| 29 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU 41882 |
| 23 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | LASSEN |
| 17 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | HURON CITY #45 |
| 11 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | FRESNO |
| 6 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | COALINGA |
| 28 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | HURON CITY #38 |
| 2 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | HURON CITY #26 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Calflax | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5019585 | 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 252864. 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.