BlockWildflower, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Selma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93662. The Survey maps it on the Conejo quadrangle. It stands 269 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1924 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1924 USGS Conejo quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Selma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Conejo quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Conejo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
208 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Wildflower between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,493 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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 | 102 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | LETSON IC. |
| 9 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU-9606 |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | 4FKU011434 |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | RIVER |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | PEACH |
| 30 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | STEPANIAN |
| 29 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 90 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | E MOUNTAIN VIEW AVE SELM |
| 29 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | CLOVIS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wildflower in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 3 flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wildflower | $200,000 | A NWS official storm survey was conducted on wind damage caused by severe thunderstorms. Minor roof damage was evident to a house, three utility poled were topped or damaged, several small trees and one large tree were downed, in addition to an extensive amount of tree and trash debris in the area. Winds were estimated at 60 mph based on the damage survey indicators. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wildflower | $3,000 | California Highway Patrol reported a power pole broken in half and power lines on the roadway on S. Fowler Ave. north of E. Kamm Ave. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Wildflower | - | Public report of roadway flooding near Fowler Ave. just south of Elkhorn Ave. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Wildflower | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding due to heavy rain at the intersection of S. Fowler Ave. and E. Conejo Ave. near Selma. |
| March 2018 | Flood | Wildflower | - | California Highway Patrol reported Fowler Ave. just north of Elkhorn Ave. completely flooded. |
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.
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 Q8001234 | The 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 252834. 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.
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.