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Fluhr, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Atwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95301. The Survey maps it on the Atwater quadrangle. It stands 174 feet above sea level.

Fluhr within Merced County

Then and now

1918 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fluhr, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Fluhr, surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

1,590 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,590 fires within 5 miles of Fluhr between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,716 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 165 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/undetermined854
Equipment and vehicle use269
Debris and open burning166
Arson/incendiarism165
Misuse of fire by a minor61
Smoking46
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3

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
9 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitE BELLEVUE RD ATWATER_CI
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionALMOND AV / VINE AV
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPACIFIC
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitDECOY AV / CONVOY RD
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitN WINTON WY WINTON
9 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitSHAW
9 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitGRAPE
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitATWATER BL ATWATER_CITY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Merced 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 Fluhr: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clark PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sunset PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Merced 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
Castle Gardens0.5 miles17
Cuba (historical)0.6 miles17
Buhach1.8 miles17
Atwater2.0 miles17
Hoff (historical)2.6 miles17
Winton2.6 miles17
The Grove3.0 miles17
Fergus3.6 miles17

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 Q5462695The 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 1659722. 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.