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Storey, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Madera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93636. It stands on South Fork Fresno River. The Survey maps it on the Madera quadrangle. It stands 289 feet above sea level.

Storey within Madera 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 Storey, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Storey, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

1,984 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,984 fires within 5 miles of Storey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,090 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 256 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/undetermined1018
Equipment and vehicle use305
Arson/incendiarism256
Misuse of fire by a minor158
Debris and open burning143
Smoking82
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural3

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitN D ST / ADELL ST
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitMADERA CITY #1769
9 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitMAD#1833
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitPACIFIC DR MADERA_ACRES
8 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionAUSTIN ST MADERA_ACRES
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitRD 32 / AVE 12
8 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitCASTRO
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitCHEMICAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Storey: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Trigo PitClayProducer
Fresno River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Solo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madera County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Storey in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2011FloodStorey$3,000The CHP reported roadway flooding on Sate highway 145 at Bonnie Way.

Every storm recorded in Madera 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
Parksdale1.9 miles16
Bonadelle Ranchos Five2.3 miles19
Madera2.4 miles16
River Road Estates2.4 miles19
Borden3.1 miles16
Lankershim (historical)3.4 miles19
Parkwood3.5 miles16
Madera Acres4.0 miles18

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 Q7620001The 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 1659882. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.