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Parksdale, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Madera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93638. The Survey maps it on the Madera quadrangle. 3,234 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 279 feet above sea level.

Parksdale within Madera County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Parksdale, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Parksdale, surveyed 1922

Population over time

2 figures

Parksdale grew from 2,621 to 3,234 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,621
20203,234+613 (+23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

1,765 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,765 fires within 5 miles of Parksdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,522 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 228 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/undetermined920
Equipment and vehicle use254
Arson/incendiarism228
Debris and open burning137
Misuse of fire by a minor134
Smoking71
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural3

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitN D ST / ADELL ST
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitMADERA CITY #1769
9 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitMAD#1833
8 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionAUSTIN ST MADERA_ACRES
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitRD 32 / AVE 12
8 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitCASTRO
8 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitMAD 1672
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined36 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitAVENUE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Parksdale: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Trigo PitClayProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fresno River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Solo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madera 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
Borden1.2 miles16
Parkwood1.8 miles16
Storey1.9 miles16
Madera2.2 miles16
Lankershim (historical)2.3 miles19
Bonadelle Ranchos Five3.8 miles19
River Road Estates4.0 miles19
Trigo4.1 miles19

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 ParksdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2734538The 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 1867048. 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.