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El Rio Villa, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Winters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95694. The Survey maps it on the Winters quadrangle. It stands 121 feet above sea level.

El Rio Villa within Yolo County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of El Rio Villa, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of El Rio Villa, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of El Rio Villa between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,007 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use21
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
8 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLAMB
29 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unit292
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPLEASANTS
25 September 2001Natural8.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitEIGHTY-SEVEN
22 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCOUNTY ROAD 88 / CASTLE
2 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCANAL LN / PUTAH CREEK RD
9 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use370 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTHIRTY ONE 2
5 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protection87 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yolo County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of El Rio Villa: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Putah Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Yolo 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
Winters1.6 miles23
Liwaito (historical)1.7 miles23
Norton3.8 miles23
Arroz6.1 miles23
Citrona7.0 miles22
Cottonwood8.6 miles22
Plainfield8.7 miles24
Jacobs Corner9.8 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 Q5352029The 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 1658483. 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.