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Uva, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Parlier-Del Rey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93648. It stands on Wahtoke Creek. The Survey maps it on the Reedley quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.

Uva within Fresno 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 Uva, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Uva, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 23 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

474 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 474 fires within 5 miles of Uva between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,681 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 55 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/undetermined231
Debris and open burning89
Arson/incendiarism55
Equipment and vehicle use54
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitE BULAH AVE PARLIER
9 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionE LINCOLN AVE /S GREENWOO
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitACADEMY
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionS BUTTONWILLOW AV REEDLE
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFRANK 2
7 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitNEWMARK
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionS REED AV REEDLEY
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno 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 Uva: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Industrial Asphalt IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Mont Lasalle Vineyard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fresno 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
Lacjac0.6 miles23
Fargo (historical)1.8 miles19
Parlier2.0 miles21
Reedley2.6 miles23
Miley3.0 miles21
Wahtoke4.3 miles23
Cella5.4 miles23
Reka (historical)5.8 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.

Wikidata item Q7903600The 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 236943. 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.