BlockRossi, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lemoore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93245. The Survey maps it on the Lemoore quadrangle. It stands 213 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1927 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 66 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
11 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.
- 1927 USGS Lemoore quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lemoore quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 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
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Lemoore quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Rossi between 1992 and 2018, burning about 123 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | not named |
| 26 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | not named |
| 8 July 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 June 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | not named |
| 4 June 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.4 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU6070 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rossi in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2017 | Flood | Rossi | $637,190 | CalTrans reported accelerated pavement failure areas of Highway 41 across Kings County due to flood waters. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rossi | $50,000 | NWS Employee reported several power poles knocked down by high thunderstorm winds on the west side of Lemoore. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cimarron | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Lemoore | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Lethent (historical) | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Cuneo (historical) | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Halls Corner | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Orion (historical) | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Armona | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Gepford | 7.2 miles | 18 |
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 Q7369822 | 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 1661335. 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.