West Alpaugh, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Earlimart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93201. The Survey maps it on the Hacienda Ranch NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

West Alpaugh within Tulare County

Then and now

1914 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of West Alpaugh (historical), surveyed 1993

Topographic sheet of West Alpaugh (historical), surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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.

1914 USGS Lost Hills quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1929 USGS West Alpaugh quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1942 USGS Hacienda Ranch quadrangle1:62500
1942 USGS Liberty Farms quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Hacienda Ranch NE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
1993 USGS Delano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of West Alpaugh (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,529 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined	32
Arson/incendiarism	27
Equipment and vehicle use	25
Misuse of fire by a minor	12
Debris and open burning	8
Smoking	3
Natural	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
7 September 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Tulare Unit	TULARE 68
30 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	640 acres	Tulare Unit	KERN CO. #16
29 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Tulare Unit	PG&E #1
24 September 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Tulare Unit	VALASCO
2 September 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	80 acres	Tulare Unit	LOPEZ
10 September 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Central California District	LIU
1 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Tulare Unit	PG&E # 3
5 August 2005	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Central California District	GALVAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Alpaugh	1.2 miles	22
Stoil	4.9 miles	22
Spa (historical)	5.2 miles	22
Allensworth	6.6 miles	21
Angiola	7.2 miles	22
Blanco	10.2 miles	19
Turnbull (historical)	11.1 miles	19
Earlimart	12.6 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661926. 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.