BlockTagus, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Tulare census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93274. It stands on Cameron Creek. The Survey maps it on the Visalia quadrangle.
Then and now
1927 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1927 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
395 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 395 fires within 5 miles of Tagus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. 1 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 | 239 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 43 |
| Smoking | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | TULARE CO #91 |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | AUSTIN |
| 24 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | STATE CA #64 |
| 24 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Tulare Unit | TULARE CO. RD.#103 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tagus in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 3 flood, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Flood | Tagus | $5,000 | California Highway Patrol reported a spinout in high water on northbound SR 99 where a car crashed into the center divide. |
| November 2024 | Flood | Tagus | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on Cartmill Ave. near Enterprise St. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Tagus | - | Public report of southbound SR 99 center divider being flooded and spilling into the roadway between the Caldwell Ave. and the Ave. 260 exchanges. |
| February 2007 | Hail | Tagus | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661545. 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.
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.