BlockOctol, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Tulare census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93274. The Survey maps it on the Tipton quadrangle.
Then and now
1925 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1925 USGS Tipton quadrangle1:31680
- 1928 USGS Tipton quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Tulare quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Tipton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Tipton quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
187 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Octol between 1992 and 2019, burning about 249 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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/undetermined | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Tulare Unit | SOUTHERN PACIFIC 22 |
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | SOUTHERN PACIFIC 23 |
| 28 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | SIMOES |
| 21 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tulare Unit | ST.OF CA#111 |
| 2 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Tulare Unit | MEZA |
| 19 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 18 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Tulare Unit | CORREIA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Octol in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flood | Octol | - | California Highway Patrol reported a tree washed up on the roadway at Rd. 140 near Ave. 192. |
| November 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Octol | - | Report on the weak tornado that occurred south of Tulare on November 9th.||Here are the storm survey results of the tornado. The location was between Tulare and Tipton near the Intersection of avenue 176 and road 128. Tornado lasted for about 3 minutes and did not interact with any private property or buildings. Some branches and corn husks were strewn about. Several eyewitness accounts corroborated a video provided by local media. The tornado path included several utility poles that were not damaged. ||The eyewitness video courtesy of KMPH Channel 26 is available on our website.||Wind speed estimate: 65 mph||This was the 86th confirmed tornado in the central California Interior since 1950...and the 13th to strike Tulare county. The last Tornado in Tulare county was on January 27th 2008...when an ef0 touched down 1 mile east of Goshen junction. The most recent tornado in the central California interior occurred on march 17th 2012 when |An ef0 tornado touched down 4 miles southwest of tranquility 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burling (historical) | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Tipton | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Lowes Corner | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Tulare | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| Imhoff | 6.3 miles | 22 | |
| Paige | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Alfac (historical) | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lairds Corner | 7.2 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252949. 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.
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.