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Lerona, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93602. The Survey maps it on the Cascadel Point quadrangle. It stands 2,789 feet above sea level.

Lerona within Fresno County

Then and now

1904 to 2004

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lerona, surveyed 2004
Topographic sheet of Lerona, surveyed 1904

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.

Fires near this place

245 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Lerona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,001 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 56 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/undetermined66
Arson/incendiarism56
Equipment and vehicle use50
Debris and open burning33
Natural17
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitCARBON
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitPOWERHOUSE
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresSierra National ForestCORRINE
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSierra National ForestJOSE 2
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarism3.7 acresSierra National ForestJOSE
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitACORN
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMISSION
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitRAINBOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lerona: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Chromium, Silver. 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
Reported DepositsChromiumOccurrence
ShermanGold, SilverPast Producer
ClydeGoldPast Producer
Hughes ClaimTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Hughes ClaimTungstenProspect

Every working 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
Mathews Mill3.1 miles27
Meadow Lakes3.4 miles26
New Auberry4.3 miles26
Auberry4.4 miles26
Alder Springs4.6 miles26
Pineridge5.9 miles27
Rock Haven5.9 miles28
Dora Belle6.0 miles27

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.

Wikipedia article on LeronaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6528866The 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 1656125. 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.