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Ambler Park, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Toro Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93908. It stands on Watson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spreckels quadrangle. It stands 285 feet above sea level.

Ambler Park within Monterey County

Then and now

1910 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ambler Park, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Ambler Park, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Ambler Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 49,511 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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
Equipment and vehicle use65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking5
Natural2
Firearms and explosives use2

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
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCARPENTER
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictCABEU 003602
4 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCentral California DistrictCELLULAR
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHIGHWAY 68
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBENANCIO
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey Unitnot named
23 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitHIDDEN VALLEY RD SAN_BEN
23 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitLAURELES #4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Ambler Park: 12 past producers, 8 producers, 4 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Meadows GulchStone, DimensionPast Producer
Monterey Mission TileClayProspectSedimentary
Monterey Mission TileClayPast Producer
FlemingStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
HaldornStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hatton RanchStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
FlemingStoneProducer
HaldornStoneProducer
Meadows GulchStoneProducer
Ratton RanchStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Monterey 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
Corral de Tierra0.8 miles28
Baronet Estates2.1 miles30
Serra Village2.2 miles28
Creekside2.8 miles28
Old Hilltown4.7 miles27
Spreckels5.0 miles28
East Garrison5.3 miles27
Rancho Tierra Grande5.5 miles30

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 Ambler ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4741529The 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 1873370. 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.