Rolinda, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kerman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93706. The Survey maps it on the Kearney Park quadrangle. It stands 253 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1923 to 1982The 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 sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1923 USGS Kearney Park quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Kearney Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Kearney Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Kearney Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Rolinda between 2000 and 2020, burning about 839 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 17 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | not named |
| 20 August 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rolinda in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 3 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flood | Rolinda | - | Public report of flooding at the intersection of Chateau Fresno and W. Belmont Ave. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Rolinda | - | California Highway Patrol reported a one eighth mile section of Belmont Rd. near Kerman compeltely flooded due to heavy rain. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Rolinda | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding due to heavy rain near the intersection of S. Chateau Ave and W. North Ave. in Fresno. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Rugg (historical) | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Nevills (historical) | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Pratton | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Raco | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Dickerson (historical) | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Kerman | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| McMullin (historical) | 5.4 miles | 19 |
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 Rolinda | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7360841 | 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 1659541. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.












