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North Dinuba, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Dinuba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93618. The Survey maps it on the Reedley quadrangle. It stands 344 feet above sea level.

North Dinuba within Tulare 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 North Dinuba, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of North Dinuba, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

298 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of North Dinuba between 1992 and 2020, burning about 753 acres in total. None started naturally. 50 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/undetermined121
Debris and open burning53
Equipment and vehicle use51
Arson/incendiarism50
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresTulare UnitSULTANA
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTulare UnitHUERTA
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionS BUTTONWILLOW AV REEDLE
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitJOST
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitHUNT
5 September 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitNAVEL
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFKU39060
4 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitFKU 9229

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of North Dinuba: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite. 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
Dinuba Magnesite Co.MagnesitePast Producer

Every working 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
Enson1.2 miles23
Ivory1.5 miles23
Dinuba1.7 miles23
Tokay2.2 miles22
Sultana3.3 miles22
Smyrna (historical)3.8 miles22
Delft Colony4.7 miles23
Orosi5.9 miles22

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 North DinubaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7055130The 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 1659247. 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.