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Austin, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the San Jose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95030. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Los Gatos quadrangle.

Austin within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1916 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Austin, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Austin, surveyed 1916

On record in Austin

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

234 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Austin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64 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/undetermined122
Equipment and vehicle use38
Arson/incendiarism28
Smoking18
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Debris and open burning4
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSanta Clara UnitSANBORN
26 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitHWY 17

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Austin: 9 past producers, 4 prospects, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Calcium. 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
Steinheimer Ranch ProspectChromiumProspect
Unnamed Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMercuryProspect
Douglas RanchCalciumProducer
Douglas RanchCalciumPast Producer
AlmaStoneProspect
Lone HillStoneProducer
Lone HillStonePast Producer
Lexington QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pierce Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

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
Monte Sereno0.5 miles24
Los Gatos1.7 miles24
Rinconada1.9 miles24
Shannon1.9 miles24
Saratoga2.0 miles52
Vasona Junction2.1 miles28
San Tomas2.2 miles28
Champagne Fountain2.4 miles52

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 Q17152455The 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 1670805. 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.