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Ingomar, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Gustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95322. The Survey maps it on the Ingomar quadrangle. It stands 92 feet above sea level.

Ingomar within Merced County

Then and now

1919 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ingomar, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Ingomar, surveyed 1919

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

328 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of Ingomar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,327 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined189
Equipment and vehicle use86
Debris and open burning26
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Other causes1

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
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitGUN FIRE
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitINGOMAR
8 September 1992Smokingunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitGUN
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitROADSIDE #171
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitROADSIDE #170
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitBUNNY
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrasslands Wildlife Management AreaGUSTINE #236
4 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGrasslands Wildlife Management AreaCHINA ISLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Merced County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ingomar in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2024FloodIngomar-California Highway Patrol reported the roadway completely flooded at the intersection of SR 33 and Marshall Rd.
January 2023FloodIngomar-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at the intersection of Cottonwood Rd. and Whitworth Rd.

Every storm recorded in Merced 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
Linora (historical)2.2 miles14
Gustine5.6 miles17
Volta6.1 miles17
Santa Nella Village6.2 miles20
Trent8.5 miles17
Los Banos10.5 miles15
Abbato (historical)11.5 miles15
Stevinson11.9 miles18

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 IngomarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6032953The 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 252698. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.