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Panoche, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the San Benito-Bitterwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95043. It stands on Griswold Creek. The Survey maps it on the Panoche quadrangle. It stands 1,220 feet above sea level.

Panoche within San Benito 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 Panoche, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Panoche, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Panoche between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,464 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined8
Firearms and explosives use5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
24 September 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitIDRIA
2 September 2019Firearms and explosives use167 acresCentral California DistrictANTELOPE
15 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionANTELOPE
29 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitPANOCHE RD / ANTELOPE CRE
2 August 2003Natural30 acresCentral California DistrictPANOCHE
9 July 2016Firearms and explosives use60 acresCentral California DistrictMERCURY
3 July 1995Arson/incendiarism300 acresCentral California DistrictPANOCHE
23 July 2006Natural15 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU002689

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Benito County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Panoche: 6 prospects, 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Stone. 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
QuarryStoneProspect
Central San BenitoMercuryProducer
DarMercuryPast Producer1956
Dar ProspectMercuryProducer
Dar ProspectMercuryProspect
El CajonMercuryPast Producer1955
El CajonMercuryProspect
Lea - GrantMercuryPast Producer1940
Lea-Grant MineMercuryPast Producer
MitchellMercuryPast Producer1942

Every working recorded in San Benito County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Panoche in 2 storm reports in 2021: 1 flood, 1 debris flow. 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 2021Debris FlowPanoche$4,500,000Mudslide on Panoche Rd. Preliminary damage estimates from public works.
January 2021FloodPanoche$3,500,000New Idria Rd from Panoche Valley to 20 plus miles south, road completely washed out. Exact time of damage unknown, estimate sent by public works.

Every storm recorded in San Benito 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
Llanada4.5 miles19
San Benito14.5 miles20
Idria15.0 miles21
Pinnacles17.1 miles24
Bitterwater17.4 miles23
Paicines25.3 miles21
Tres Pinos29.1 miles24
Vineyard (historical)31.1 miles26

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 PanocheAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474754The 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 252760. 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.