BlockShell, California
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hanford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93230. The Survey maps it on the Remnoy quadrangle.
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.
On record in Shell
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Taoist Templelisted 1972 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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 Remnoy quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Remnoy quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Shell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,261 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 | 90 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | not named |
| 19 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | LIGHTING # 14 |
| 17 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU # 9698 |
| 9 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamblin | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Hanford | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hanford Del Arroyo Estates | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Home Garden | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Fort Roosevelt | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Pitco | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Banner (historical) | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Remnoy | 3.7 miles | 17 |
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 Q7493628 | 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 1661430. 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.