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.
Then and now
1922 to 1982The 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 sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1922 USGS Gregg quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Gregg quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Gregg quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Gregg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Herndon quadrangle1:62500
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
445 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 212 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 128 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | AVE 12 / RD 38 |
| 9 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | I-5 |
| 9 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | WAGNER |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | AVE 11 / RD 33.5 |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | RD 32 / AVE 12 |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | KLEINE |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | AVENUE |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | AVE 15 / RD 37 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Trigo Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonadelle Ranchos | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Trigo | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Gregg | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Rolling Hills | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Bonadelle Ranchos Nine | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Lankershim (historical) | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| San Joaquin River Estates | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Irrigosa | 6.3 miles | 19 |
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 Ranchos | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6727148 | The 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.












