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Sierra Sky Park, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fresno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93722. The Survey maps it on the Fresno North quadrangle. It stands 328 feet above sea level.

Sierra Sky Park within Fresno County

Then and now

1921 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sierra Sky Park, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Sierra Sky Park, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

461 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 461 fires within 5 miles of Sierra Sky Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,206 acres in total. None started naturally. 45 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/undetermined308
Equipment and vehicle use53
Arson/incendiarism45
Smoking22
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2007Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Sierra Sky Park: 8 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, Gold. 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
Raymond Quarry Plant No. 2GraniteProducer
Hans Sumpe Pit and MillClayProducer
Herndon PitGoldOccurrence
R.M. Rock ProductsSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
Trigo PitClayPast Producer
Miller BrosStoneUnknown
River View Rock CoStoneUnknown
Stewart and Nuss,Inc.Sand and Gravel, Construction, StoneProducer
Blackstone Pit & Mill Plant No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Diener PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Riverview (historical)0.8 miles20
Figarden1.4 miles20
Fresno Beach (historical)1.6 miles20
Highway City2.4 miles20
Herndon2.8 miles20
Biola Junction2.9 miles20
Muscatel3.4 miles20
Pinedale4.0 miles20

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 Sierra Sky ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7511578The 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 1656293. 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.