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Oxalis, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Firebaugh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93622. The Survey maps it on the Oxalis quadrangle. It stands 138 feet above sea level.

Oxalis within Fresno County

Then and now

1913 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oxalis, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Oxalis, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Oxalis between 1992 and 2018, burning about 698 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning12
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitHUDSON
25 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFKU11369
25 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitCAFKU 12061
23 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitMERRILL
22 September 2003Smokingunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitHWY 33 & FAIRFAX
15 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitCAFKU 11913
15 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitJOAQUIN
13 September 2002Smoking1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFKU-11820

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno 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 Oxalis: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Lyon Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oxalis in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 2 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 2023FloodOxalis-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at the intersection of N. Fairfax Ave. and W. Ness Ave.
December 2018FloodOxalis-California Highway Patrol reported flooding at the intersection of Shain Ave. and Brannon Ave. near Dos Palos.

Every storm recorded 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Firebaugh6.2 miles20
Oro Loma7.6 miles20
Benito8.7 miles20
Cromir10.1 miles20
Wood Ranch12.2 miles22
Arbios12.3 miles20
Mendota14.1 miles20
Ingle20.4 miles18

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 Q7115058The 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 1659772. 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.