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Baywood Park, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the San Mateo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94402. It stands on Polhemus Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Mateo quadrangle.

Baywood Park within San Mateo County

Then and now

1892 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Baywood Park, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Baywood Park, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

On record in Baywood 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 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

283 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Baywood Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined148
Equipment and vehicle use56
Smoking27
Arson/incendiarism20
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Debris and open burning8
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitSCARPER
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPILARCITOS
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz Unitnot named
6 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitEDGEWOOD
6 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitOYSTER POINT
5 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBEL AIRE RD THE_HIGHLAND
4 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use9.5 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCRYSTAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Baywood Park: 18 producers, 18 past producers, 1 unknown. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Calcium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Redwood Material Co.ManganeseProducer
Redwood Material Co.ManganesePast Producer
CanadaStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
CanadaStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
HilltopCalciumProducer
HilltopCalciumPast Producer
Skyline QuarryCalciumProducer
Skyline QuarryCalciumPast Producer
Britton RanchStoneProducer

Every working 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
Highlands0.7 miles43
Hillsborough Park1.9 miles43
Laurel2.0 miles43
Hillsdale2.2 miles43
Hayward Park2.4 miles43
San Mateo2.5 miles43
San Mateo Park2.5 miles43
Belle Monte2.7 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2413616. 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.