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Ohm, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Patterson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95385. The Survey maps it on the Vernalis quadrangle.

Ohm within Stanislaus County

Then and now

1915 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ohm, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Ohm, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Ohm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,175 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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/undetermined94
Equipment and vehicle use49
Recreation and ceremony11
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking5
Debris and open burning5

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitI 580 / I 5 2
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCREEK
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitHAYWORTH
29 September 1999Smokingunder an acreSanta Clara UnitHAMILTON
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stanislaus County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ohm: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Vernalis DepositGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Bird Road QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Solyo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Stanislaus 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
Solyo1.6 miles22
Halley (historical)2.9 miles20
Westley7.0 miles20
Grayson7.0 miles20
Tuolumne City (historical)8.3 miles20
Vanormer (historical)11.4 miles19
Salida11.9 miles20
Riverdale Park12.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659285. 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.