BlockPaulsell, California
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Oakdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95361. The Survey maps it on the Paulsell quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 79 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
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1915 USGS Paulsell quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Paulsell quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Paulsell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Paulsell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 686 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | BRICHETTO |
| 17 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | MANGANTE |
| 13 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | WARNER |
| 7 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | BRICHETTO |
| 23 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | PG&E #23 |
| 23 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | FURTADO |
| 2 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | BARNETT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Paulsell: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Pedro | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Waterford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold (historical) | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Warnerville | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Orange Blossom | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Waterford | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Knights Ferry | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Claribel | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Hickman | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| East Oakdale | 7.7 miles | 15 |
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 Q122550203 | 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 1659353. 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.