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Wahtoke, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Reedley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93657. The Survey maps it on the Wahtoke quadrangle. It stands 361 feet above sea level.

Wahtoke 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 Wahtoke, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Wahtoke, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

378 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 378 fires within 5 miles of Wahtoke between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,875 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined174
Equipment and vehicle use74
Debris and open burning73
Arson/incendiarism30
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFRANK 2
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitFKU 9367
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionS REED AV REEDLEY
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitMADSEN
7 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresFresno-Kings UnitKERN FIRE
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIVER
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitE SOUTH AV /S LAC JAC AV
6 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitN RIO VISTA AV SANGER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Wahtoke: 5 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Asbestos. 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
H H MinerAsbestosUnknown
SecrestStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Central Rock & Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Central Valley Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Industrial Asphalt IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kings RiverSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kings RiverSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kings River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kings River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mont Lasalle Vineyard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wahtoke in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2023Thunderstorm WindWahtoke$1,000California Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down onto the roadway near the intersection of Usry and Central Avenues.

Every storm 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
Cella1.0 miles23
Minkler3.2 miles23
Navelencia3.9 miles23
Fargo (historical)4.1 miles19
Uva4.3 miles23
Centerville4.5 miles23
Lacjac4.7 miles23
Reka (historical)5.0 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.

Wikidata item Q7959853The 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 252824. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.