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Ashrama, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Diablo Range census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94550. The Survey maps it on the Mount Stakes quadrangle.

Ashrama within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1938 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ashrama, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Ashrama, surveyed 1938

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Ashrama between 1993 and 2011, burning about 628 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle 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 1993Equipment and vehicle use45 acresSanta Clara UnitHOOVER
4 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSanta Clara UnitDIVIDE RIDGE
12 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined250 acresSanta Clara UnitSAN ANTONE
4 July 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSanta Clara UnitANTONE
23 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use75 acresSanta Clara UnitCHINA
27 May 2011Debris and open burning6.0 acresSanta Clara UnitSAN ANTONIO
6 November 2002Debris and open burning200 acresSanta Clara UnitSTONIER
13 October 1995Debris and open burning46 acresSanta Clara UnitVEGGIE

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Ashrama: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 producers, 4 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Manganese, Silica, Magnesite. 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
Cedar TreeMagnesiteUnknown
Antonia ClaimManganese, SilicaProspect1940
Keller Mine GroupManganese, SilicaPast Producer1940, 1941
Antonia ClaimManganeseOccurrence
Billy Goat ProspectManganeseProducer
Black HorseManganeseProducer
Black Horse ClaimManganesePast Producer1939
Cedar TreeManganeseProspect
Cedar Tree ClaimsManganeseProspect1941
Cedar Tree Claims 1 and 2ManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Santa Clara 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
Madrone Soda Springs (historical)10.0 miles21
Perry15.2 miles22
Madrone15.2 miles22
South Coyote15.3 miles22
Morgan Hill15.6 miles22
Coyote15.7 miles22
Tennant (historical)15.9 miles23
Evergreen16.6 miles27

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 AshramaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17152020The 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 1657956. 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.