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Cecile, California

20 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 93725. The Survey maps it on the Malaga quadrangle. It stands 305 feet above sea level.

Cecile within Fresno County

Then and now

1923 to 1982

The 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 sheet of Cecile, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Cecile, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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

1,091 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,091 fires within 5 miles of Cecile between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,506 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 107 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/undetermined705
Equipment and vehicle use113
Arson/incendiarism107
Debris and open burning86
Misuse of fire by a minor44
Smoking27
Railroad operations and maintenance5
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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitAMERICAN
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitMARTIN L KING JR BL FRES
8 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitWILLOW
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitORANGE
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitFKU 11182
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitFKU 11600

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno 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 Cecile: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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
Fred Santoni Lonestar MillGold, SilverUnknown
Pacific Cement and AggregatesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Mattei1.4 miles20
Malaga1.5 miles20
Goldleaf1.5 miles20
Eshel (historical)1.5 miles20
Lone Star1.9 miles20
Calwa2.3 miles21
Butler (historical)2.4 miles20
Granz (historical)3.2 miles20

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 Q5056383The 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 252647. 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.