BlockGraino, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the East Colusa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95950. The Survey maps it on the Grimes quadrangle. It stands 33 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1888 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 105 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 24 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.
- 1888 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1911 USGS Grimes quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Grimes quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Sutter Buttes quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Graino between 1992 and 2020, burning about 110 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 | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 20 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 15 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge | HWY 5 II |
| 2 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 14 July 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prize (historical) | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| College City | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Grimes | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Arbuckle | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Grand Island | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Harrington | 6.1 miles | 21 | |
| Sycamore | 6.9 miles | 24 | |
| Genevra | 7.3 miles | 16 |
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 Q14682054 | 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 1658642. 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.