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Central, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Clarksburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95612. The Survey maps it on the Clarksburg quadrangle. It stands 3 feet above sea level.

Central within Yolo County

Then and now

1908 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Central, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Central, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

11 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Central between 2001 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
24 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
6 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use15 acresStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeLODI
27 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeLODI LEVEE
19 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeCOURTLAND
12 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeHOOD
7 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeSTONE LAKE
29 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeHOOD
26 July 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeCANAL THREAT #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yolo 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 Central: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium. 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
Clarksburg PlantCalciumProducer

Every working recorded in Yolo 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
Greendale1.5 miles27
Coniston1.7 miles25
Willow Point2.5 miles25
Clarksburg3.1 miles25
Sorroca4.0 miles27
Morgans Landing4.4 miles27
Green4.8 miles23
Valdez5.1 miles27

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 Q5060195The 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 1655880. 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.