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Vinland, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Delano-McFarland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93250. The Survey maps it on the McFarland quadrangle. It stands 322 feet above sea level.

Vinland within Kern County

Then and now

1927 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vinland, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Vinland, surveyed 1927

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

114 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Vinland between 2005 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined78
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Natural1

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
27 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKern County Fire Departmentnot named
20 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKern County Fire Departmentnot named
15 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
10 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern 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
McFarland2.6 miles20
Zentner3.6 miles20
Delano3.8 miles19
Hollis4.0 miles20
Pond5.0 miles20
Jasmin5.1 miles20
Petro (historical)5.2 miles20
Elmo5.6 miles20

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 Q7932618The 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 1661643. 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.