BlockEmmaton, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Isleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94571. It lies near Sherman Island. The Survey maps it on the Jersey Island quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 83 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
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1910 USGS Jersey quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Jersey Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Rio Vista quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Jersey Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Emmaton between 2006 and 2019, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 11 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 4 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 21 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 17 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noverd | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Blumenberg (historical) | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Mackenson | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Isleton | 8.5 miles | 22 | |
| Walker Landing | 11.5 miles | 22 | |
| Howard Landing | 12.4 miles | 22 | |
| Ryde | 14.2 miles | 22 | |
| Walnut Grove | 16.2 miles | 22 |
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 Q122545688 | 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 252671. 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.