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Pratton, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fresno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93723. The Survey maps it on the Kearney Park quadrangle. It stands 262 feet above sea level.

Pratton within Fresno County

Then and now

1923 to 1982

The 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 sheet of Pratton, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Pratton, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

420 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 420 fires within 5 miles of Pratton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,166 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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/undetermined289
Equipment and vehicle use42
Arson/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning25
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Smoking10

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 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
7 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitMID 71
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitW ANNADALE AV /S VALENTIN
4 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitFIRE #1
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno 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 Pratton: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Builders Concrete IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clay PitClayUnknown
Craycroft Brick Co.ClayProducer
De Paree Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fresno 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
Nevills (historical)0.2 miles19
Rolinda3.4 miles19
West Park3.6 miles21
Muscatel3.8 miles20
Biola Junction4.1 miles20
Highway City4.5 miles20
Floyd5.0 miles19
Figarden5.6 miles20

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 Q7238785The 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 252769. 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.