BlockFive Points, California
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Huron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93624. The Survey maps it on the Five Points quadrangle. It stands 223 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1912 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 75 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
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1912 USGS Coalinga quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Wheatville quadrangle1:24000
- 1931 USGS Wheatville quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Five Points quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Coalinga quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1993 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | W OAKLAND AV /S EL DORADO |
| 3 September 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | 37835 |
| 11 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | FRESNO |
| 9 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | EXCELSIOR |
| 6 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | COALINGA |
| 5 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | MOUNT WHITNEY |
| 16 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | 9FKUOO8351 |
| 6 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | 28471 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westside | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Calflax | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Helm | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Nares (historical) | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Burrel | 7.4 miles | 22 | |
| Bender (historical) | 9.1 miles | 22 | |
| Lanare | 9.1 miles | 22 | |
| Schilling | 10.1 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.
| Wikipedia article on Five Points | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5456075 | 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 1656518. 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.