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Cornwell, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lemoore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93242. The Survey maps it on the Riverdale quadrangle. It stands 243 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.

Cornwell within Kings County

Then and now

1924 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cornwell (historical), surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Cornwell (historical), surveyed 1924

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Cornwell (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 408 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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/undetermined82
Equipment and vehicle use38
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism20
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking3
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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitHAY
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitHWY 41 /W HARLAN AV
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings Unit4FKU011434
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFKU-38673
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings Unit3FKU10960
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitHIGHWAY
28 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFKU-41838

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kings 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
Hub1.5 miles18
Gepford1.5 miles18
Hasset (historical)2.6 miles18
Hardwick3.3 miles18
Kimble (historical)4.0 miles17
Halls Corner4.1 miles19
Kingston (historical)4.9 miles18
Grangeville5.4 miles17

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 Q5172048The 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 1665681. 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.