BlockTwin Buttes, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Ivanhoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93292. The Survey maps it on the Ivanhoe quadrangle.
Then and now
1926 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 67 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
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1926 USGS Ivanhoe quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Ivanhoe quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Exeter quadrangle1:62500, 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
293 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 293 fires within 5 miles of Twin Buttes between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,744 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 150 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/incendiarism | 150 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | ELDERWOOD |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Tulare Unit | OLYMPIC |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | TULARE COUNTY #92 |
| 7 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Tulare Unit | BAUER |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 158 acres | Tulare Unit | CANAL F# 72 |
| 5 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | CHURCH |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | ROBERTS |
| 28 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | NUNEZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 1661591. 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.