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Collins, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It lies in ZIP code area 93619. The Survey maps it on the Round Mountain quadrangle. It stands 443 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Collins within Fresno County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Collins (historical), surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Collins (historical), surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

493 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 493 fires within 5 miles of Collins (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,920 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 38 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
Equipment and vehicle use193
Missing data/not specified/undetermined172
Arson/incendiarism38
Debris and open burning38
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Smoking15
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionNEES
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitHERNDON
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitFKU-11121
9 September 1995Smoking750 acresFresno-Kings UnitSILAXO
8 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitPOWER
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitALLUVIAL
6 September 1994Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFKU-9282
5 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitSHEPHERD

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 Collins (historical): 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold. 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
FresnoCopperPast Producer
Valley View MineGoldUnknown

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
Glorietta5.1 miles22
Clovis5.2 miles22
Melvin5.8 miles22
Letcher (historical)6.1 miles21
Gordon6.1 miles20
Shipp (historical)6.2 miles20
El Prado (historical)6.5 miles20
Tarpey Village6.6 miles22

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 Q5147328The 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 1665605. 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.