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Sumner Hill, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Madera Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93636. It lies near Ledger Island. The Survey maps it on the Friant quadrangle. It stands 535 feet above sea level.

Sumner Hill 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 Sumner Hill, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Sumner Hill, 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

405 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 405 fires within 5 miles of Sumner Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,744 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined192
Equipment and vehicle use146
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking14
Debris and open burning12
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1996Equipment and vehicle use125 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitARNOLD
9 September 1995Smoking750 acresFresno-Kings UnitSILAXO
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitGREEN
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitROADSIDE
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitHWY 41 / AVE 12
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresFresno-Kings UnitRENO
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.8 acresMerced-Mariposa Unit41
29 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitBROWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Sumner Hill: 18 past producers, 12 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Pumice. 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
Anderson Rock Co.Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bent Co & Griffith CoStone, GoldProducer
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteOccurrence
Pinedale Rock Co. PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Bent Co & Griffith CoStone, GoldPast Producer
PainterCopperPast ProducerVein
PainterCopperUnknown
Volpa BrosStoneUnknown
Ball RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
Dave SmithPumicePast Producer

Every working 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
Bonadelle Ranchos Nine2.6 miles20
Rolling Hills4.4 miles20
Fort Miller (historical)6.3 miles31
Indian Springs6.6 miles31
Madera Ranchos7.2 miles19
San Joaquin River Estates7.3 miles20
Bonadelle Ranchos7.7 miles19
Gregg11.1 miles19

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 Sumner HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7637979The 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 1812814. 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.