BlockHatch, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Turlock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95380. The Survey maps it on the Hatch quadrangle.
Then and now
1916 to 1983The 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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1916 USGS Mitchell School quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Mitchell School quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Turlock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Merced quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hatch between 1992 and 2014, burning about 3 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 28 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | SHORT |
| 28 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | CUMMINGS |
| 5 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | GARCIA |
| 29 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658720. 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.