Stoil, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Earlimart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93201. The Survey maps it on the Alpaugh quadrangle.

Stoil within Tulare County

Then and now

1929 to 1993

The 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 sheet of Stoil, surveyed 1993

Topographic sheet of Stoil, surveyed 1929

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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.

1929 USGS Alpaugh quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1942 USGS Earlimart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Alpaugh quadrangle1:24000
1953 USGS Alpaugh quadrangle1:24000, 4 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

212 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Stoil between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,527 acres in total. None started naturally. 50 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	70
Arson/incendiarism	50
Equipment and vehicle use	49
Debris and open burning	17
Misuse of fire by a minor	12
Smoking	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
8 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Pixley National Wildlife Refuge	APCD 128
7 September 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Tulare Unit	TULARE 68
6 September 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	450 acres	Tulare Unit	SANTA FE #4
30 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	640 acres	Tulare Unit	KERN CO. #16
29 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Tulare Unit	PG&E #1
27 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Tulare Unit	COUNTY #116 .
27 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Tulare Unit	COUNTY #115.
24 September 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Tulare Unit	VALASCO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Spa (historical)	1.9 miles	22
Alpaugh	3.9 miles	22
Allensworth	4.2 miles	21
West Alpaugh (historical)	4.9 miles	24
Angiola	5.6 miles	22
Pixley	7.9 miles	21
Earlimart	8.4 miles	21
Quail	9.0 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661506. 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.