BlockPanoche Junction, California
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Mendota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93640. The Survey maps it on the Levis quadrangle. It stands 515 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
11 surveys from 17 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 Levis quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Tranquillity quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Levis quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Levis quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Panoche Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,240 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | 41 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | I 5 ACCESS RAMP /W KAMM |
| 6 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | KAMM |
| 26 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU-11993 |
| 21 September 2005 | Natural | 200 acres | Central California District | HWY 33 |
| 15 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | 10255 |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | 06FKU07306 |
| 8 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | I-5 |
| 7 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | AQUA |
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 Panoche Junction: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monocline Ridge Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Rocks | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Levis | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Giffen Cantua Ranch | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| Cantua Creek | 9.6 miles | 18 | |
| Tranquillity | 14.3 miles | 18 | |
| Fresno City (historical) | 14.4 miles | 18 | |
| Mendota | 15.4 miles | 20 | |
| Wood Ranch | 16.2 miles | 22 |
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 Q7131443 | 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 252761. 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.