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Lacjac, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Parlier-Del Rey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93648. It stands on Wahtoke Creek. The Survey maps it on the Reedley quadrangle. It stands 348 feet above sea level.

Lacjac within Fresno County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lacjac, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Lacjac, surveyed 1922

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

470 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 470 fires within 5 miles of Lacjac between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,682 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 55 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/undetermined232
Debris and open burning86
Arson/incendiarism55
Equipment and vehicle use54
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitE BULAH AVE PARLIER
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitACADEMY
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionS BUTTONWILLOW AV REEDLE
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFRANK 2
7 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitNEWMARK
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionS REED AV REEDLEY
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIVER
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitE SOUTH AV /S LAC JAC AV

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lacjac: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mont Lasalle Vineyard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lacjac in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 1 heavy rain, 1 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
October 2009Heavy RainLacjac$8,000Law enforcement reported power lines downed due to heavy rain at the intersection of Lac Jac Ave and Adams Ave near Reedley.
March 2020FloodLacjac-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at the intersection of E. South Ave. and N. Reed Ave. in Reedley.

Every storm recorded in Fresno 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
Uva0.6 miles23
Reedley2.1 miles23
Parlier2.3 miles21
Fargo (historical)2.4 miles19
Miley3.4 miles21
Wahtoke4.7 miles23
Cella5.7 miles23
Reka (historical)6.4 miles19

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 Q6468668The 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 252716. 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.

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.