BlockSaucelito, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Pixley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93270. The Survey maps it on the Sausalito School quadrangle.
Then and now
1929 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 64 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.
- 1929 USGS Sausalito School quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Terra Bella quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Sausalito School quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Sausalito School quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Delano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Saucelito between 1992 and 2013, burning about 343 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pixley National Wildlife Refuge | SC. CAL. #103 |
| 4 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | MICKE |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tulare Unit | APCD #199 |
| 18 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | CORTEZ |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | GRASS |
| 16 September 1996 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Tulare Unit | VALLEY |
| 14 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tulare Unit | GRASS |
| 11 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | MICKE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Lairds Corner | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Pixley | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Cotton Center | 6.3 miles | 22 | |
| Quail | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Pleasant Grove (historical) | 7.0 miles | 22 | |
| Jones Corner | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| Terra Bella | 7.2 miles | 20 |
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 Q122564813 | 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 1835837. 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.