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Peltier, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lodi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95220. The Survey maps it on the Lockeford quadrangle.

Peltier within San Joaquin County

Then and now

1894 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Peltier, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Peltier, surveyed 1894

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Peltier between 1993 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. None 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
20 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unitnot named
1 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPROUTY
27 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use10 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Joaquin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Peltier: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Lodi PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in San Joaquin 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
Youngstown1.0 miles24
Acampo2.1 miles23
Collierville2.2 miles23
Woodbridge3.9 miles23
Victor4.0 miles24
Lodi4.3 miles23
Elliott (historical)4.6 miles24
Lockeford5.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659365. 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.