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Collegeville, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Manteca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95215. The Survey maps it on the Stockton East quadrangle.

Collegeville within San Joaquin County

Then and now

1914 to 1989

The 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 sheet of Collegeville, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Collegeville, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

25 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Collegeville between 2002 and 2019, burning about 17 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOOK
2 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unitnot named
15 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Joaquin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Collegeville in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2009LightningCollegeville1 hurtA woman was struck by lightning while carrying a large umbrella at a softball game at the San Joaquin Regional Sports Complex in Stockton. Additional reports suggest the lightning hit about 30 feet away from her. The woman suffered minor injuries.

Every storm recorded in San Joaquin 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
Summer Home4.5 miles19
Turner4.9 miles19
Five Corners5.4 miles19
Orford5.5 miles20
Kennedy5.8 miles19
Garden Acres5.9 miles20
Avena (historical)6.1 miles17
Atlanta6.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 221385. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.