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Lone Star, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fresno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93725. The Survey maps it on the Malaga quadrangle. It stands 318 feet above sea level.

Lone Star within Fresno County

Then and now

1923 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lone Star, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Lone Star, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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

830 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 830 fires within 5 miles of Lone Star between 1992 and 2020, burning about 996 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 80 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/undetermined504
Equipment and vehicle use98
Debris and open burning81
Arson/incendiarism80
Misuse of fire by a minor35
Smoking18
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitAMERICAN
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitN ARMSTRONG AVE FOWLER
8 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitWILLOW
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitORANGE
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitFKU 11182
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitFKU 11600
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitDE WOLF

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 Lone Star: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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
Fred Santoni Lonestar MillGold, SilverUnknown

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
Mattei0.6 miles20
Butler (historical)1.5 miles20
Locans1.9 miles20
Cecile1.9 miles20
Eshel (historical)2.1 miles20
Wolf2.3 miles20
Goldleaf2.5 miles20
Ivesta2.8 miles20

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 Lone StarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6671371The 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 227515. 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.