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Clotho, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sanger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93657. The Survey maps it on the Sanger quadrangle. It stands 351 feet above sea level.

Clotho 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 Clotho, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Clotho, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

544 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 544 fires within 5 miles of Clotho between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,102 acres in total. None started naturally. 52 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/undetermined275
Equipment and vehicle use93
Debris and open burning81
Arson/incendiarism52
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Smoking12
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDEL REY
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitFKU 11600
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHWY 180 /N ACADEMY AV
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitMADSEN
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitDE WOLF
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHIGHWAY
6 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitBELMONT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Clotho: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Beryllium, Chromium. 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
Reported DepositChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationBerylliumProducer
Unnamed LocationBerylliumPast Producer

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
Ivesta1.4 miles20
Wolf2.3 miles20
Locans2.8 miles20
Sanger3.0 miles19
Reka (historical)3.8 miles19
Butler (historical)3.8 miles20
Burness4.0 miles22
Lone Star4.0 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 Q5135582The 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 221234. 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.