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Norton, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Winters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95694. The Survey maps it on the Winters quadrangle. It stands 177 feet above sea level.

Norton within Yolo County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Norton, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Norton, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Norton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,518 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use16
Debris and open burning4
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined373 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitEIGHTY-EIGHT
4 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use137 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTWENTY SEVEN
25 September 2001Natural8.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitEIGHTY-SEVEN
24 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use50 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unit29
22 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCOUNTY ROAD 88 / CASTLE
22 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSTUCKER
20 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitYOLO
19 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMELENDIEZ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yolo County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Norton: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Putah Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Yolo County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norton in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flood. 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
January 2023FloodNorton-The CHP reported CR 88 closed between CR 27 and CR 29 due to roadway flooding.

Every storm recorded in Yolo 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
Arroz2.4 miles23
Citrona3.3 miles22
El Rio Villa3.8 miles23
Winters4.2 miles23
Liwaito (historical)4.4 miles23
Cottonwood5.0 miles22
Madison6.4 miles22
Jacobs Corner7.2 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.

Wikidata item Q7060564The 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 252753. 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.