BlockVanguard, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Huron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93234. The Survey maps it on the Vanguard quadrangle. It stands 253 feet above sea level.
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
12 surveys from 19 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 Lethent quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Vanguard quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lethent quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Vanguard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 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
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Vanguard between 1992 and 2018, burning about 63 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | HURON # 16 |
| 4 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | HURON |
| 4 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | HURON CITY #30 |
| 30 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | HURON 79 |
| 18 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU 24841 |
| 5 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU 4931 |
| 5 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU 4937 |
| 29 May 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | 0FKU0010852 |
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.
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 Q7914808 | The 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 1661626. 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.