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River Road Estates, California

19 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 93636. The Survey maps it on the Gregg quadrangle. It stands 315 feet above sea level.

River Road Estates 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 River Road Estates, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of River Road Estates, surveyed 1922

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

1,382 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,382 fires within 5 miles of River Road Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,133 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 177 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/undetermined693
Equipment and vehicle use219
Arson/incendiarism177
Debris and open burning112
Misuse of fire by a minor109
Smoking54
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitPACIFIC DR MADERA_ACRES
8 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionAUSTIN ST MADERA_ACRES
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitKLEINE
8 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitCASTRO
8 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitMAD 1672

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of River Road Estates: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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
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
Bonadelle Ranchos Five0.4 miles19
Storey2.4 miles16
Lake Madera Country Estates3.1 miles28
Parksdale4.0 miles16
Lankershim (historical)4.4 miles19
Madera Acres4.5 miles18
Madera Country Club Estates4.6 miles18
Valley Lake Ranchos4.7 miles18

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 Q7337761The 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 1812809. 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.