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Jovista, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Earlimart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93215. The Survey maps it on the Delano East quadrangle.

Jovista within Tulare County

Then and now

1929 to 1993

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 Jovista, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Jovista, surveyed 1929

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Jovista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined84
Arson/incendiarism32
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking8
Debris and open burning8
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
27 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 1992Smokingunder an acreTulare UnitDELGADO
2 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitSTATE OF CA #76
15 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTulare UnitDHILLON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare 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
Trocha1.9 miles19
Richgrove4.0 miles20
Radnor4.8 miles23
Vestal6.0 miles20
Orris7.5 miles20
Earlimart7.6 miles21
Ducor9.7 miles20
Allensworth11.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656548. 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.