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Bahia, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Vallejo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94510. The Survey maps it on the Vine Hill quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

Bahia within Solano County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bahia, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Bahia, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 34 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Bahia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,925 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined47
Equipment and vehicle use24
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSKY VALLEY
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
24 September 2015Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
18 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLOPES
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
13 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSKY VALLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Solano 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 Bahia: 11 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Goodyear QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Parrish QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
FranklinStoneUnknown
Lake HermanStoneUnknown
Parish BrothersStoneUnknown
QuarryStoneUnknown
QuarryStoneUnknown
Borges ProspectMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar

Every working recorded in Solano 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
Pierce2.0 miles34
Cygnus3.9 miles34
Benicia4.4 miles36
Sulphur Springs (historical)5.0 miles36
Teal5.4 miles34
Glencove5.8 miles36
Jacksnipe6.9 miles34
Carquinez Heights7.4 miles36

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 Q4842548The 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 252621. 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.