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Bayshore, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South San Francisco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94014. It lies near Visitacion Valley. The Survey maps it on the San Francisco South quadrangle.

Bayshore within San Mateo County

Then and now

1892 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bayshore, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Bayshore, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

On record in Bayshore

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

22 surveys from 43 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

396 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 396 fires within 5 miles of Bayshore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,072 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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/undetermined232
Smoking49
Misuse of fire by a minor46
Arson/incendiarism32
Equipment and vehicle use19
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2009Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2009Smoking200 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBRUNO
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined41 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCHESTNUT 2
7 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitA1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Bayshore: 17 past producers, 14 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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
Black MountainGoldPast Producer
Black Mtn.GoldPast ProducerGold
Mining Claim Loc. Quicksilver Fnd.MercuryProspect
Unnamed LocationGypsum-AnhydriteProducerSedimentary
Unnamed LocationGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed OccurrenceMercuryOccurrence1892
Brisbane QuarryStoneProducer
Marine Magnes Div.MagnesiteProducer
Marine Magnes Div.MagnesitePast Producer
Marine Magnesium Co. Seawater PlantMagnesiteProducer

Every working recorded in San Mateo County

Storms near this place

7 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bayshore in 7 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 6 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023Thunderstorm WindBayshore-A roof was blown off an apartment building in South San Francisco.
December 2022FloodBayshore-CHP reported flash flooding of US Highway 101 at Oyster Point Road in South San Francisco at 5:58 AM. By 10:58 AM, the entire roadway had flooded and the highway was closed. The flooding caused traffic backups and diversions with Interstate 280 as the alternate. The northbound lanes were reopened around 8 PM and the southbound lanes around 9 PM.
December 2021FloodBayshore-Heavy rain caused flooding on US101 at S Airport Blvd.
January 2020FloodBayshore-Roadway flooding at US-101 S and Grand Ave off ramp.
January 2019FloodBayshore-Flooding at US 101N and S Airport Blvd off ramp, one foot of water in lane.
February 2019FloodBayshore-Lots of water in left 2 lanes of US 101S and SF Intl Airport off ramp.
March 2018FloodBayshore-Roadway flooding reported at US 101S and Oyster Point east off ramp.

Every storm recorded in San Mateo 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
Brisbane1.9 miles43
Daly City2.6 miles43
Colma3.2 miles43
South San Francisco3.6 miles43
Westlake3.6 miles43
Broadmoor Village3.8 miles43
Broadmoor3.9 miles43
Baden4.1 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658008. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.