BlockFort Roosevelt, California
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hanford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93230. The Survey maps it on the Hanford quadrangle.
Then and now
1926 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in Fort Roosevelt
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Kings County Courthouselisted 1978 · 0.9 miles away
Hanford Carnegie Librarylisted 1981 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1926 USGS Hanford quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Hanford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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 Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Hanford quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
128 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Fort Roosevelt between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,254 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 90 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | not named |
| 17 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU # 9698 |
| 9 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanford | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Home Garden | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Shell | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hanford Del Arroyo Estates | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Armona | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Hamblin | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Pitco | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Grangeville | 3.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1809193. 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.