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Tyler, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Chowchilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93610. The Survey maps it on the Chowchilla quadrangle. It stands 197 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tyler within Madera County

Then and now

1918 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tyler (historical), surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Tyler (historical), surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

483 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 483 fires within 5 miles of Tyler (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,047 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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/undetermined303
Equipment and vehicle use84
Debris and open burning44
Smoking26
Arson/incendiarism23
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitROADSIDE 13095
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitROADSIDE 13092
8 September 2004Debris and open burning200 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitTRIPLE B
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitRS#261
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa Unit152
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitHWY 152 E/ RD 9
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa Unit26
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionROBERTSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tyler (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Berenda Slough Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Ovejo (historical)0.2 miles15
Ash (historical)1.0 miles15
Tillman (historical)1.3 miles15
Dairyland2.7 miles15
Plains (historical)2.9 miles15
Lincoln (historical)3.1 miles15
Chowchilla5.4 miles15
Califa (historical)6.0 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 Tyler (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7859927The 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 1666168. 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.