BlockHicksville, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Galt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95632. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Galt quadrangle.
Then and now
1894 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 99 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 22 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.
- 1894 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1910 USGS Galt quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Galt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Galt quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hicksville between 2006 and 2011, burning about 27 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | Central California District | CHRISTENSEN |
| 15 June 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arno (historical) | 0.8 miles | 22 | |
| Need | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Twin Cities | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Centralia | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Herald | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Bruceville | 5.0 miles | 27 | |
| Conley (historical) | 5.1 miles | 25 | |
| Galt | 5.2 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666291. 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.