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Hamblin, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 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 Remnoy quadrangle. It stands 249 feet above sea level.

Hamblin within Kings County

Then and now

1927 to 1993

The 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 sheet of Hamblin, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Hamblin, surveyed 1927

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Hamblin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,261 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined88
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning5
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
19 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitLIGHTING # 14
17 September 1994Debris and open burning3.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFKU # 9698
9 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kings 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
Shell0.7 miles17
Hanford Del Arroyo Estates1.6 miles17
Hanford1.9 miles17
Home Garden2.3 miles17
Fort Roosevelt2.7 miles17
Remnoy3.0 miles17
Pitco3.4 miles17
Banner (historical)4.1 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 Q5644243The 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 243135. 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.