BlockConejo, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Selma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93662. The Survey maps it on the Conejo quadrangle. It stands 262 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1924 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1924 USGS Conejo quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Selma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Conejo quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Conejo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
272 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of Conejo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,206 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined | 125 |
| Debris and open burning | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | 41 |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | 8FKU038635 |
| 9 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU-9402 |
| 9 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU-9606 |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | 4FKU011434 |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | PEACH |
| 30 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | STEPANIAN |
| 29 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | HUNT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildflower | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Monmouth | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Elm View | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Lillis (historical) | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Laton | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Bowles | 6.2 miles | 20 | |
| Caruthers | 6.3 miles | 20 | |
| Clint | 6.7 miles | 18 |
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 Q5159481 | The 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 221448. 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.