BlockWood Ranch, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Mendota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93622. The Survey maps it on the Chounet Ranch quadrangle. It stands 318 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1913 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 69 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
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1913 USGS Panoche quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1921 USGS Tierra Loma School quadrangle1:31680
- 1923 USGS Tierra Loma School quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Chounet Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Mendota quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Wood Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 835 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU 10130 |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | WEST |
| 21 September 2008 | Other causes | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | INN |
| 2 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | RUSSELL |
| 14 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | SHIELDS |
| 13 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FIVE |
| 12 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | WEST |
| 9 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU # 8435 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wood Ranch: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer |
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 Q8032253 | 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 238117. 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.