BlockOleander, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fowler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93725. The Survey maps it on the Fresno South quadrangle. It stands 285 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1923 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 59 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 21 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.
- 1923 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Fresno South quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Fresno South quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 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
- 1963 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Fresno South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
683 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 683 fires within 5 miles of Oleander between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,785 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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 | 409 |
| Debris and open burning | 101 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 94 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ADAMS |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | AMERICAN |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | N ARMSTRONG AVE FOWLER |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | S ELM AVE CARUTHERS |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | ORANGE |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | S ELM AVE EASTON |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | PEACH |
| 7 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FIELD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
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 Oleander | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7085974 | The 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 229996. 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.