BlockHypericum, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Exeter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93292. The Survey maps it on the Exeter quadrangle. 125 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 341 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1926 to 1993The 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
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1926 USGS Exeter quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Exeter quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Exeter quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
148 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Hypericum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,538 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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 | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | FRIANT |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | FLANIKEN |
| 4 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | VAN TOL |
| 26 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | AUSTIN |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | HERBERT 2019 |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 21 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | EXETER #26 |
| 21 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | STATE #41 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmersville | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Spinks Corner | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| East Farmersville | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Rector | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Giant Oak (historical) | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Loma | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Swall | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Cameron Creek Colony | 4.3 miles | 20 |
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 Hypericum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q106514863 | 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 2805907. 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.