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Zediker, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sanger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93657. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Round Mountain quadrangle. It stands 400 feet above sea level.

Zediker within Fresno County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Zediker, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Zediker, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

494 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 494 fires within 5 miles of Zediker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,329 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 50 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/undetermined219
Equipment and vehicle use126
Debris and open burning66
Arson/incendiarism50
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking12
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFRANK
9 September 2008Debris and open burning20 acresFresno-Kings UnitBELMONT
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDEL REY
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHWY 180 /N ACADEMY AV
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitMADSEN
6 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitBELMONT
6 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitN RIO VISTA AV SANGER
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitBETHEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Zediker: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Chromium, Asbestos. 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
H H MinerAsbestosUnknown
Reported DepositChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationBerylliumProducer
Unnamed LocationBerylliumPast Producer
Central Rock & Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Central Valley Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kings RiverSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kings RiverSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kings River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kings River PitSand 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
Riverbend0.7 miles21
Big Bunch0.8 miles21
Elk1.7 miles30
Edmiston1.7 miles21
Centerville2.1 miles23
Sanger3.8 miles19
Minkler4.2 miles23
Oakhurst (historical)4.6 miles23

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 ZedikerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8068378The 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 1660225. 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.