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West Park, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fresno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93706. The Survey maps it on the Fresno South quadrangle. 1,053 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 266 feet above sea level.

West Park within Fresno County

Then and now

1923 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 59 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 Park, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of West Park, surveyed 1923

Population over time

2 figures

West Park fell from 1,157 to 1,053 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,157
20201,053-104 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

745 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 745 fires within 5 miles of West Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,903 acres in total. None started naturally. 70 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/undetermined501
Equipment and vehicle use76
Arson/incendiarism70
Debris and open burning60
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Smoking18
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitMARTIN L KING JR BL FRES
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitS ELM AVE EASTON
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitMID 71
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined61 acresFresno-Kings UnitW AMERICAN AVE /S FRUIT A
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitCHERRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of West Park: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold, Silver. 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
Fred Santoni Lonestar MillGold, SilverUnknown
Clay PitClayUnknown
Craycroft Brick Co.ClayProducer
Builders Concrete IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
De Paree Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Cement and AggregatesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Pratton3.6 miles19
Nevills (historical)3.7 miles19
Hammond4.8 miles20
Fresno4.9 miles21
Calwa4.9 miles21
Easton5.2 miles21
Muscatel5.7 miles20
Rolinda6.1 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.

Wikipedia article on West ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6645058The 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 1656404. 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.