BlockPaige, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 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 Paige quadrangle.
Then and now
1927 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 66 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
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1927 USGS Paige quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Tulare quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Paige quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Paige 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
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Paige between 1992 and 2019, burning about 152 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 | 106 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | DEAN |
| 29 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tulare Unit | SFRR #11 |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Tulare Unit | TULARE CO. RD.#103 |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 22 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paige in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paige | $50,000 | A caller reported that a commodity barn blew down due to strong winds. Radar velocity profiles estimated winds in that area during that time were near 50 mph. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paige | $11,000 | Trained spotter reported trees downed on Road 64 at Ave 184 near the city of Tulare. This storm continued east-northeast and caused additional minor damage near Visalia and Woodlake. |
| December 2025 | Flood | Paige | - | CHP reported flooding on SR 137 between Rd 46 and Road 48. |
| December 2022 | Flood | Paige | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at Ave 224 and Ave 216 south of SR 137 west of Tulare. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252953. 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.