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Tokay, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Dinuba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93618. It lies near Barris Hill. The Survey maps it on the Orange Cove South quadrangle.

Tokay within Tulare 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 Tokay, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Tokay, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

Fires near this place

385 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 385 fires within 5 miles of Tokay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 666 acres in total. None started naturally. 131 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
Arson/incendiarism131
Missing data/not specified/undetermined114
Equipment and vehicle use63
Debris and open burning39
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresTulare UnitSULTANA
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTulare UnitMASSIE
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTulare UnitALTA#5
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTulare UnitHUERTA
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitCHURCH
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitHUNT
5 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitTORIO
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitSOUTH AVE ORANGE_COVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tokay: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dinuba Magnesite Co.MagnesitePast Producer

Every working 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Enson1.0 miles23
Sultana1.1 miles22
Dinuba1.6 miles23
North Dinuba2.2 miles23
Smyrna (historical)2.5 miles22
Ivory3.6 miles23
Orosi3.8 miles22
Monson4.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252817. 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.