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Nairn, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Atwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95348. It stands on Parkinson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Atwater quadrangle. It stands 187 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Nairn within Merced County

Then and now

1918 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nairn (historical), surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Nairn (historical), surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

956 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 956 fires within 5 miles of Nairn (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,776 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined526
Equipment and vehicle use195
Arson/incendiarism80
Debris and open burning78
Smoking31
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitE BELLEVUE RD ATWATER_CI
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPACIFIC
9 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDUNN
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitDECOY AV / CONVOY RD
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitBULK
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitCARTER
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitHAGERMAN
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitHATCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Merced 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
Bellevue (historical)1.2 miles16
Hoff (historical)3.1 miles17
Cuba (historical)3.6 miles17
Fluhr4.0 miles17
Fergus4.2 miles17
Castle Gardens4.3 miles17
Amsterdam4.4 miles17
Buhach4.9 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q6959750The 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 1661999. 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.