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Madera Ranchos, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Madera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93636. The Survey maps it on the Gregg quadrangle. 3,623 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 341 feet above sea level.

Madera Ranchos within Madera County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 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 Ranchos, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Madera Ranchos, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

445 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 445 fires within 5 miles of Madera Ranchos between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,154 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined212
Equipment and vehicle use128
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism34
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitAVE 12 / RD 38
9 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitI-5
9 September 1996Debris and open burning35 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitWAGNER
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitAVE 11 / RD 33.5
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitRD 32 / AVE 12
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitKLEINE
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined36 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitAVENUE
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitAVE 15 / RD 37 3

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 Ranchos: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Friant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Trigo PitClayPast 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
Bonadelle Ranchos2.5 miles19
Trigo4.4 miles19
Gregg4.5 miles19
Rolling Hills4.8 miles20
Bonadelle Ranchos Nine4.8 miles20
Lankershim (historical)5.4 miles19
San Joaquin River Estates5.8 miles20
Irrigosa6.3 miles19

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 RanchosAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6727148The 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 1812803. 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.