BlockEsquon, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Durham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95938. The Survey maps it on the Nelson quadrangle. It stands 135 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1980The same ground, surveyed 89 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
10 surveys from 27 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.
- 1891 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1912 USGS Nelson quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Nelson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Chico quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Nelson quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Chico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
286 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Esquon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,464 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 104 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 104 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | DURHAM |
| 8 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Butte Unit | TROXEL RD DRHM |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Unit | HWY 99 |
| 8 September 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Butte Unit | EXOTIC |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Butte Unit | BROWN ST DRHM |
| 7 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | 99 FIRE |
| 6 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Butte Unit | 99 |
| 6 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Butte Unit | DURNELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Esquon: 1 unknown. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Sand and Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
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 Q5399282 | 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 1658510. 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.