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Wolf, California

20 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 93657. The Survey maps it on the Malaga quadrangle. It stands 335 feet above sea level.

Wolf 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 Wolf, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Wolf, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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

567 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 567 fires within 5 miles of Wolf between 1992 and 2020, burning about 874 acres in total. None started naturally. 54 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/undetermined314
Equipment and vehicle use82
Debris and open burning78
Arson/incendiarism54
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Railroad operations and maintenance6

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 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionS BETHEL AVE /E LINCOLN A
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitN ARMSTRONG AVE FOWLER
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitFKU 11600
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitDE WOLF
7 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFIELD
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHIGHWAY
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionE ADAMS AV / DE WOLF AV

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wolf: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium. 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
Reported DepositChromiumOccurrence

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
Ivesta1.8 miles20
Lone Star2.3 miles20
Clotho2.3 miles19
Locans2.4 miles20
Mattei2.9 miles20
Butler (historical)3.0 miles20
Del Rey3.4 miles19
Eshel (historical)4.2 miles20

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 Q8029768The 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 1660197. 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.