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Baronet Estates, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Seaside-Monterey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93908. It lies near Calera Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Seaside quadrangle.

Baronet Estates within Monterey County

Then and now

1913 to 1983

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 Baronet Estates, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Baronet Estates, surveyed 1913

Compare 1913 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

172 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Baronet Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,400 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning8
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural2
Firearms and explosives 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 2002Smoking1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitPANETTA
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCARPENTER
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictCABEU 003602
4 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCentral California DistrictCELLULAR
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHIGHWAY 68
30 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitGARLAND PARK
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBENANCIO
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Baronet Estates: 13 past producers, 10 producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Diatomite. 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
Carmel Valley AreaPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
MeadowsSlate, DimensionPast Producer
Meadows GulchStone, DimensionPast Producer
Monterey Mission TileClayProspectSedimentary
Monterey Mission TileClayPast Producer
Work Ranch DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Work Ranch DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Del Monte Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
FlemingStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
HaldornStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monterey 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
Corral de Tierra1.3 miles28
Ambler Park2.1 miles28
Rancho Tierra Grande3.5 miles30
Serra Village4.1 miles28
Carmel Valley Manor4.3 miles30
Creekside4.6 miles28
Del Rey Oaks4.7 miles30
Del Monte Heights5.3 miles30

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 Q122571494The 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 1873307. 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.