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Baltimore Park, California

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Ross Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94939. It lies near Baltimore Canyon. The Survey maps it on the San Rafael quadrangle.

Baltimore Park within Marin County

Then and now

1897 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Baltimore Park, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Baltimore Park, surveyed 1897

On record in Baltimore Park

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 3 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 41 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

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Baltimore Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined79
Equipment and vehicle use19
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaLEACH
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaALTA
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaCOLE
21 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin 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 Baltimore Park: 8 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Silver, 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
Copperopolis MineAsbestosProducerChrysotile
GreenbraeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tiburon Ridge FlagstoneStone, Stone, DimensionOccurrence
HotalingStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionUnknown
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery QuarryStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Mt TamalpaisSilverOccurrence
Mt. TamalpaisSilverOccurrence
Remillard Brick Co.ClayOccurrence
Remillard Brick CompanyClayPast Producer
Escalle QuarryStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Marin 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
Larkspur0.3 miles41
Corte Madera0.4 miles41
Escalle1.1 miles41
Chapman1.2 miles41
Greenbrae1.3 miles41
Meadowsweet1.3 miles41
Murray Park1.5 miles41
Mill Valley1.8 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1657993. 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.