BlockHalls Corner, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lemoore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93245. The Survey maps it on the Lemoore quadrangle. It stands 230 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1927 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 66 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 19 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.
- 1927 USGS Lemoore quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lemoore quadrangle1:24000, 4 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 Lemoore quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Halls Corner between 1992 and 2017, burning about 93 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | WALNUT |
| 1 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | not named |
| 31 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU 37334 |
| 28 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | HARBOUR |
| 26 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | not named |
| 8 July 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | W LEWISTON AV RIVERDALE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cimarron | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Lemoore | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Rossi | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Gepford | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hub | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Orion (historical) | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Cornwell (historical) | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Kimble (historical) | 5.0 miles | 17 |
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 Halls Corner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5643144 | 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 1660713. 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.