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Albrae, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Fremont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94560. The Survey maps it on the Milpitas quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Albrae within Alameda County

Then and now

1889 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Albrae, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Albrae, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 29 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

267 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of Albrae between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,092 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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/undetermined183
Arson/incendiarism28
Equipment and vehicle use25
Smoking13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
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 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresDon Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife RefugeMAYHEWS LANDING FIRE
28 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresDon Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife RefugeDON EDWARDS 09

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Albrae: 8 producers, 8 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Dumbarton MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dumbarton QuarryStonePast Producer
Durham PitStoneProducer
Bay EvaporatorsSaltProducer
Leslie Salt CoSaltProducer
Newark Evaporation PondsSaltProducer
Bell Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bell Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Buena Vista PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Alameda 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
Mowry Landing1.7 miles37
Irvington District2.1 miles26
Drawbridge (historical)2.2 miles29
Snoboy2.5 miles26
Warm Springs District3.2 miles29
Newark3.6 miles37
Fremont3.6 miles26
Mattos3.8 miles37

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 Q4712639The 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 252615. 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.