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Cuneo, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Stratford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93245. The Survey maps it on the Stratford quadrangle. It stands 210 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.

Cuneo within Kings County

Then and now

1929 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cuneo (historical), surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Cuneo (historical), surveyed 1929

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Cuneo (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 94 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined20
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
3 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 July 2005Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 July 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
27 July 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
3 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresFresno-Kings UnitFKU6070

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
Rossi3.3 miles19
Cimarron3.6 miles19
Lethent (historical)3.7 miles19
Stratford4.1 miles21
Lemoore4.5 miles19
Orion (historical)6.5 miles17
Halls Corner6.7 miles19
Armona8.1 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 Q5194246The 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 1665683. 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.