BlockHills Ferry, California
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Newman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95360. The Survey maps it on the Gustine quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 65 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 17 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.
- 1918 USGS Gustine quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Gustine quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gustine quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
211 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Hills Ferry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,366 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 129 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Luis National Wildlife Refuge | LATTRELL |
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis National Wildlife Refuge | KEATON |
| 9 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | LATTRELL |
| 9 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | SILVEIRA |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SANCHES RD /N CANAL SCHOO |
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | COTTA |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | 140 |
| 4 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grasslands Wildlife Management Area | NETHERTON |
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.
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 Hills Ferry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14682252 | 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 1658752. 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.