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Walmort, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Galt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95693. The Survey maps it on the Sloughhouse quadrangle.

Walmort within Sacramento County

Then and now

1894 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Walmort, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Walmort, surveyed 1894

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Walmort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,131 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
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSTONE
7 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitKATINA
7 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use36 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitCLAY
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCLAY
26 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitIRISH HILL
1 August 1995Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitCODY
29 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined730 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitCLAY
28 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitCLAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Walmort: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Hanford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
SloughhouseGoldUnknown
SloughhouseGoldProducer

Every working recorded in Sacramento 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
Dillard1.6 miles26
Wilton2.6 miles26
Centralia4.2 miles25
Sheldon4.6 miles26
Cicero (historical)4.8 miles25
Conley (historical)5.4 miles25
Clay5.4 miles25
Hicksville5.6 miles22

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 Q122598318The 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 1660119. 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.