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Calpack, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Planada-Le Grand census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95340. The Survey maps it on the Planada quadrangle. It stands 213 feet above sea level.

Calpack within Merced County

Then and now

1918 to 1983

The 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 sheet of Calpack, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Calpack, surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

726 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 726 fires within 5 miles of Calpack between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,536 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 68 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/undetermined411
Equipment and vehicle use119
Debris and open burning71
Arson/incendiarism68
Smoking26
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2

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
9 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitBROCCO
8 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionATHLONE
8 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionWHEALAN
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitHWY 140 E/ DELL ST
7 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPLAINSBURG
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCHILDS
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitSANTE FE
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitHASKELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Merced County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Calpack: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Bear Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lone Tree MineCopperProspect

Every working recorded in Merced 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
Tuttle1.4 miles16
Planada1.8 miles15
Kadota3.2 miles16
Bear Creek3.5 miles16
Burchell (historical)4.2 miles15
Lingard4.6 miles14
Plainsburg4.6 miles16
Athlone6.1 miles16

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 Q5023900The 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 1659705. 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.