Lambert, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sacramento census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95615. The Survey maps it on the Courtland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lambert within Sacramento County

Then and now

1908 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lambert (historical), surveyed 1993

Topographic sheet of Lambert (historical), surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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.

1908 USGS Courtland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1916 USGS Vorden quadrangle1:31680
1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
1952 USGS Courtland quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1952 USGS Courtland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1978 USGS Courtland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1993 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

23 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Lambert (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 626 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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	14
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Fireworks	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
24 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	30 acres	Central California District	FRANKLIN
17 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge	I5 ELKGR
6 August 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge	LODI
27 August 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge	LODI LEVEE
19 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge	COURTLAND
12 August 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge	HOOD
29 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge	HOOD
26 July 2009	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge	CANAL THREAT #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Point Pleasant	2.2 miles	27
Randall	2.4 miles	27
Hood Junction	3.0 miles	27
Hood	3.4 miles	27
Courtland	3.6 miles	27
Vorden	3.6 miles	27
Paintersville	3.9 miles	27
Bruceville	4.6 miles	27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666299. 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.