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Lake Madera Country Estates, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Madera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93638. The Survey maps it on the Daulton quadrangle. It stands 348 feet above sea level.

Lake Madera Country Estates within Madera County

Then and now

1912 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lake Madera Country Estates, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Lake Madera Country Estates, surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

639 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 639 fires within 5 miles of Lake Madera Country Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,308 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 70 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/undetermined293
Equipment and vehicle use141
Arson/incendiarism70
Debris and open burning68
Misuse of fire by a minor39
Smoking20
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitDURAN
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitPACIFIC DR MADERA_ACRES
8 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitCASTRO
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionAVE 21 / RD 31
7 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitFRIED BIRD
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitGREENTREE AV MADERA_ACRE
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRAYMOND RD / RD 28.5
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitOPEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lake Madera Country Estates: 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold. 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
Daulton Copper MineCopper, ZincPast Producer
Daulton GroupCopper, Silver, Gold, CobaltPast Producer1865, 1942, 1945
Fresno River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Adobe RanchGoldPast ProducerGold
Adobe RanchCopper, GoldProspect
QuestoCopperPast Producer
Questo MineCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madera 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
Valley Lake Ranchos1.8 miles18
Talbot (historical)3.0 miles18
River Road Estates3.1 miles19
Bonadelle Ranchos Five3.5 miles19
Madera Country Club Estates4.0 miles18
Madera Acres4.3 miles18
Storey5.0 miles16
Madera Highlands5.2 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.

Wikidata item Q6476735The 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 1812765. 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.