BlockSankey, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Sutter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95626. It stands on Pleasant Grove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Grove quadrangle.
Then and now
1891 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 103 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 27 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.
- 1891 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1893 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Pleasant Grove quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Markham Ravine quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Pleasant Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Pleasant Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
200 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Sankey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,297 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 111 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | BASELINE |
| 6 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | BREWER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counsman | 2.0 miles | 33 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Catlett | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Joes Landing | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Verona | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Striplin (historical) | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Karnak | 8.3 miles | 20 | |
| Trowbridge | 9.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659595. 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.