BlockSanta Rita Park, California
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dos Palos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93620. The Survey maps it on the Santa Rita Bridge quadrangle. It stands 118 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1916 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 67 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
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1916 USGS Santa Rita Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Santa Rita Bridge quadrangle1:31680
- 1922 USGS Santa Rita Bridge quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Santa Rita Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Santa Rita Bridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rita Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rita Park quadrangle1:62500
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Merced quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
363 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 363 fires within 5 miles of Santa Rita Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 551 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 | 222 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 51 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | HARMON |
| 9 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | GEORGE |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | WILLIS |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | WILLIS |
| 7 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | GOMES |
| 6 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | DENTON |
| 6 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | ROADSIDE 12612 |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | HWY 33 S DOS_PALOS_CITY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dos Palos Y | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Dos Palos | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| South Dos Palos | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| Brito | 7.1 miles | 20 | |
| El Nido | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gadwall (historical) | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Abbato (historical) | 12.3 miles | 15 | |
| Los Banos | 13.5 miles | 15 |
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 Santa Rita Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7419848 | 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 1659599. 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.