Ellis Place, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Woodlake-Three Rivers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93603. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Auckland quadrangle.
Then and now
1922 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 60 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
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1922 USGS Trimmer quadrangle1:96000
- 1924 USGS Dinuba quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1966 USGS Auckland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Ellis Place between 1993 and 2018, burning about 166 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1994 | Natural | 30 acres | Tulare Unit | DRY CREEK |
| 11 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | RANCHERIA |
| 30 August 2005 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Central California District | STATE OF CA 74 |
| 5 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Central California District | SEVILLE 1 |
| 4 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Tulare Unit | INDEPEDENCE |
| 31 July 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Tulare Unit | DRY CREEK #2 |
| 31 July 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Tulare Unit | DRY CREEK #1 |
| 29 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CREEK 4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Ellis Place: 5 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 3 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Flat | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Homer Ranch | Tungsten, Gold | Past Producer | Gold, Scheelite | |
| Alice Homer | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Alice Homer Prospect | Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Cedar Creek | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Cedar Creek Mine | Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Cutler | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Cutler | Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Davis Ranch | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Davis Ranch | Tungsten | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advance | 6.2 miles | 26 | |
| Kaweah | 6.4 miles | 28 | |
| Elderwood | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Auckland | 6.6 miles | 24 | |
| Badger | 7.6 miles | 23 | |
| Sierra Glen | 8.2 miles | 23 | |
| Sequoia | 8.3 miles | 19 | |
| Three Rivers | 8.3 miles | 28 |
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 Q122554917 | 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 1658492. 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.












