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Bale, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the St. Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94515. It stands on Ritchey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calistoga quadrangle. It stands 282 feet above sea level.

Bale within Napa County

Then and now

1927 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bale, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Bale, surveyed 1927

Compare 1927 against another survey:

On record in Bale

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

261 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Bale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 68,197 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined97
Equipment and vehicle use74
Debris and open burning46
Arson/incendiarism15
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Smoking11
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3

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
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSPRING
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWEST
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCLOVER
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSPRING WHITE 2
4 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHOFACKET
28 September 2007Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLAS POSADAS RD ANGWIN 22
27 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use67,484 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGLASS
25 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use29 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCONN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Bale: 12 occurrences, 6 prospects, 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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
CalistogaGeothermalUnknown
Glass Mountain DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Palisade Mine GrigsbySilver, GoldProducer
Sullinger ClaimChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Unnamed LocationPerliteOccurrence
Unnamed LocationIronUnknown
Clark and March Kaolin MineClayProspectSedimentary
Clark and Marsh KaolinClayOccurrence
Clark and Marsh Kaolin MineClayProspectSedimentary
Clark and Marsh Kaolin MineClayProspect

Every working recorded in Napa 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
Larkmead0.7 miles24
Sanitarium2.0 miles21
Barro2.2 miles21
Deer Park2.6 miles21
Krug2.9 miles21
Angwin3.5 miles21
Howell Mountain3.7 miles21
Saint Helena4.0 miles21

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 Q4850654The 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 1675905. 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.