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.
Then and now
1913 to 1982The 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 sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1913 USGS Panoche quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1922 USGS Oxalis quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Oxalis quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Mendota quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | HUDSON |
| 25 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU11369 |
| 25 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | CAFKU 12061 |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | MERRILL |
| 22 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | HWY 33 & FAIRFAX |
| 15 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | CAFKU 11913 |
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | JOAQUIN |
| 13 September 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU-11820 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flood | Oxalis | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at the intersection of N. Fairfax Ave. and W. Ness Ave. |
| December 2018 | Flood | Oxalis | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding at the intersection of Shain Ave. and Brannon Ave. near Dos Palos. |
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.
| Wikidata item Q7115058 | 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 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.









