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New Auberry, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93602. It lies near Rock Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Auberry quadrangle. It stands 2,064 feet above sea level.

New Auberry within Fresno County

Then and now

1904 to 2004

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New Auberry, surveyed 2004
Topographic sheet of New Auberry, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 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

296 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of New Auberry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,168 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 58 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
Equipment and vehicle use81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined80
Arson/incendiarism58
Debris and open burning38
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural9
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitCARBON
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitWARD
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresSierra National ForestCORRINE
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitACORN
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMISSION
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitRAINBOW
30 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitJOSE BASIN RD / AUBERRY R
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitSTELZER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of New Auberry: 5 unknowns, 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Feldspar, Silver. 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
Hazelton and Kennedy ClaimManganeseProspect1918
Reported DepositsChromiumOccurrence
OversightGold, SilverPast Producer
ShermanGold, SilverPast Producer
W H ChildersFeldsparProducer
W H ChildersFeldsparPast Producer
Fish Creek Mtn.TungstenProspect
Lone Pine #2TungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Lone Pine No. 2 ClaimTungstenUnknown
ClydeGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fresno 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
Auberry1.1 miles26
Meadow Lakes3.6 miles26
Prather4.0 miles29
Lerona4.3 miles27
Alder Springs5.4 miles26
Marshall Junction6.7 miles29
Mathews Mill6.9 miles27
Tollhouse7.3 miles26

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 New AuberryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7005406The 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 1659213. 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.