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Shipp, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93619. The Survey maps it on the Friant quadrangle. It stands 420 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Shipp within Fresno County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shipp (historical), surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Shipp (historical), surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

361 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 361 fires within 5 miles of Shipp (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,620 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined140
Equipment and vehicle use129
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning17
Smoking15
Natural12
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1995Smoking750 acresFresno-Kings UnitSILAXO
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitGREEN
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFresno-Kings UnitFKU 182
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresFresno-Kings UnitRENO
4 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitFKU #9210
28 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPARK
27 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitGALVOND
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitBLASINGAME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Shipp (historical): 12 past producers, 6 producers, 4 unknowns, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bent Co & Griffith CoStone, GoldProducer
Bent Co & Griffith CoStone, GoldPast Producer
Fort Miller Ranch DepositPumiceUnknown
FresnoCopper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerVein
Reported DepositChromiumOccurrence
Beck Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
FresnoCopperPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ledger Island PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
PainterCopperPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Fresno County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Millerton2.6 miles20
Friant3.5 miles20
Sparkville (historical)3.7 miles21
El Prado (historical)4.0 miles20
McKenzie Spring (historical)4.1 miles21
Gordon4.5 miles20
Collins (historical)6.2 miles21
Marshall Junction7.4 miles29

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 Q7498046The 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 1665666. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.