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Nanceville, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Porterville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93257. The Survey maps it on the Porterville quadrangle.

Nanceville within Tulare County

Then and now

1929 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nanceville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Nanceville, surveyed 1929

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

613 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 613 fires within 5 miles of Nanceville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 45,498 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 281 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
Arson/incendiarism281
Missing data/not specified/undetermined153
Equipment and vehicle use79
Misuse of fire by a minor54
Smoking23
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony3
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 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitRIVERBOTTOM #22
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitPETTIS
7 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTulare UnitRIVERBOTTOM #30
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitHARBISON
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitTULE #26
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTulare UnitLIME
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTulare UnitORDUNO
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitBROOMBAUGH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Nanceville: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Limestone, General, Gemstone. 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
De Moulin MineMagnesitePast Producer
HoldridgeLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unnamed LocationGemstoneOccurrence
James MineChromiumPast Producer1915, 1916
James MineChromiumPast Producer1915
Lewis Hill Chromite ProspectChromiumProspect
Brock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nanceville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Quiram & SonsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reservation Road Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tulare County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nanceville in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2019Funnel CloudNanceville-Several media reports of a cold air funnel northwest of Porterville.

Every storm recorded in Tulare 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
Monache (historical)1.3 miles23
Jones Corner1.8 miles23
Westfield2.1 miles23
Lisko2.7 miles23
Porterville3.0 miles23
Roche3.3 miles23
Zante3.4 miles23
Ponca3.5 miles23

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 Q122566546The 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 1661086. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.