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Gregg, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Madera Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93636. It stands on Root Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gregg quadrangle. It stands 299 feet above sea level.

Gregg within Madera County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gregg, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Gregg, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

435 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 435 fires within 5 miles of Gregg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,907 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined244
Equipment and vehicle use89
Debris and open burning42
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking13
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1996Debris and open burning35 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitWAGNER
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitAVE 11 / RD 33.5
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitRD 32 / AVE 12
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined36 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitAVENUE
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitROADSIDE
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitGOLDEN STATE
5 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreMerced-Mariposa Unit12

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Gregg: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Gold, Clay. 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
Herndon PitGoldOccurrence
Trigo PitClayProducer
River View Rock CoStoneUnknown
Stewart and Nuss,Inc.Sand and Gravel, Construction, StoneProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Friant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Portland Monolith Cement Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
River Rock Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Madera County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gregg in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 3 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2007Flash FloodGregg$25,000A vehicle was stuck in flash floodwaters at Freeway 99 and Shaw Avenue. There was also a tree downed in the slow lane.
March 2023FloodGregg-Roadway flooding reported on Children's Blvd just west of Lanes Bridge.
January 2017FloodGregg-California Highway Patrol reported water flowing off of field and onto Avenue 12 north of Rolling Hills.
February 2017FloodGregg-California Highway Patrol reported road flooding on Avenue 9 and Childrens Boulevard near Fresno in Madera County.

Every storm recorded in Madera 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
Trigo2.5 miles19
Irrigosa2.8 miles19
Lankershim (historical)4.4 miles19
Madera Ranchos4.5 miles19
Borden5.8 miles16
Bonadelle Ranchos6.3 miles19
Parksdale6.4 miles16
San Joaquin River Estates6.5 miles20

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 Q5606486The 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 1658668. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.