BlockKingston, California
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hanford Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93230. The Survey maps it on the Laton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1927 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 66 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 18 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.
- 1927 USGS Laton quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Laton quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Kingston (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 348 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 | 63 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | LETSON IC. |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | DE WOODY |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | 4FKU011434 |
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU-38673 |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | RIVER |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | STEPANIAN |
| 28 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU-41838 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwick | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Shirley | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hasset (historical) | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lucerne | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Banner (historical) | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Kimble (historical) | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Pitco | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cornwell (historical) | 4.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2516782. 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.