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Madera Acres, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Madera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93638. The Survey maps it on the Kismet quadrangle. 9,162 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 292 feet above sea level.

Madera Acres within Madera County

Then and now

1920 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Madera Acres, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Madera Acres, surveyed 1920

Population over time

2 figures

Madera Acres fell from 9,163 to 9,162 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20109,163
20209,162-1 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

1,861 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,861 fires within 5 miles of Madera Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,768 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 246 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/undetermined950
Equipment and vehicle use287
Arson/incendiarism246
Debris and open burning150
Misuse of fire by a minor132
Smoking80
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitN D ST / ADELL ST
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitDURAN
9 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitMAD#1833
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitPACIFIC DR MADERA_ACRES
8 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionAUSTIN ST MADERA_ACRES
8 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitCASTRO
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitCHEMICAL
8 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitMAD 1672

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Madera Acres: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Borrow PitStonePast Producer
Fresno River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Madera Country Club Estates0.5 miles18
Madera Highlands0.9 miles18
Kismet2.4 miles18
Notarb2.8 miles18
Valley Lake Ranchos4.0 miles18
Madera4.0 miles16
Storey4.0 miles16
Talbot (historical)4.2 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.

Wikipedia article on Madera AcresAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3295955The 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 1867039. 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.