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Daulton, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Yosemite Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93638. The Survey maps it on the Daulton quadrangle. It stands 404 feet above sea level.

Daulton within Madera County

Then and now

1912 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Daulton, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Daulton, surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Daulton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,648 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined86
Equipment and vehicle use67
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2
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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionAVE 21 / RD 31
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRD 600 / WILLOW DR
3 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor135 acresMerced-Mariposa Unit600
27 September 1994Smoking1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitRD.SIDE 279
27 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitLEONEL
26 September 2005Natural250 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitMORGAN
22 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBRIGHTWOOD RD / HEATHER A
21 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitTURKEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Daulton: 13 past producers, 4 prospects, 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver. 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
BachCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerUnderground
BuchananLead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, CobaltPast ProducerVein
Buchenau QuarryStonePast Producer
Copper QueenCopper, Silver, ArsenicPast Producer
Daulton GroupCopper, Silver, Gold, CobaltPast Producer1865, 1942, 1945
Jesse Bell MineCopper, Gold, Cobalt, SilverPast Producer1870
Zollars QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Adobe RanchGoldPast ProducerGold
Bach PropertyCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
BagnelliCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Madera County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Daulton in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 2 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
June 2009LightningDaulton$2,000Law enforcement reported tree damage due to lightning near the town of Daulton.
March 2019Funnel CloudDaulton-A television station posted a photo of a a funnel cloud near Madera.
March 2019Funnel CloudDaulton-A storm chaser filmed a funnel cloud 9 miles northeast of Madera and shared with broadcast media and NWS.

Every storm recorded in Madera 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
Jesbel (historical)2.6 miles24
Talbot (historical)4.1 miles18
Valley Lake Ranchos4.4 miles18
Lake Madera Country Estates5.3 miles28
Knowles Junction6.9 miles24
Kismet7.7 miles18
Madera Country Club Estates7.8 miles18
Raymond7.9 miles24

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.

Wikipedia article on DaultonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5228034The 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 252661. 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.

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.