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West Manteca, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Manteca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95337. The Survey maps it on the Lathrop quadrangle.

West Manteca within San Joaquin County

Then and now

1915 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 81 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 Manteca, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of West Manteca, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

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

56 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of West Manteca between 2005 and 2020, burning about 215 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined36
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1

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
26 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
12 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
2 August 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named
19 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unitnot named
11 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Joaquin County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of West Manteca: 5 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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
Lathrop Phos-Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Manteca PlantCalciumProducer
Oakwood Lake PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Alegre PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
QuarryStoneProducer
UnknownStoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Joaquin 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
Manteca1.9 miles19
Lathrop2.2 miles22
Mossdale3.1 miles22
Turner4.7 miles19
Summer Home4.9 miles19
Five Corners6.1 miles19
French Camp6.1 miles19
Banta7.0 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 Q122568516The 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 1660147. 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.