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Hydril, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Avenal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93204. It stands on Hydril Hill. The Survey maps it on the La Cima quadrangle. It stands 1,047 feet above sea level.

Hydril within Kings County

Then and now

1912 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hydril, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Hydril, surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 23 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Hydril between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24,226 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/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitLASSEN
9 September 2000Smokingunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitKCF-250A
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1358
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitTAR
17 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1361
14 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitAVENAL IC.
5 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution139 acresCentral California DistrictSKY
5 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kings County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hydril: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tulare Lake View GroupGypsum-Anhydrite, Fullers EarthProspect
Tulare Lake View GroupGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Webb and Mingus PropertyFullers EarthProspect

Every working 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
Avenal1.7 miles25
Millham City (historical)5.5 miles23
Kettleman Station7.2 miles25
Kettleman City7.2 miles23
Murray7.5 miles23
Reef Station8.0 miles25
Acebedo13.6 miles21
Stratford19.0 miles21

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 Q14682439The 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 1660781. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.