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Bel Marin Keys, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Novato census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94949. It stands on Arroyo San Jose. The Survey maps it on the Novato quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Bel Marin Keys within Marin County

Then and now

1914 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bel Marin Keys, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Bel Marin Keys, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Bel Marin Keys between 1992 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/undetermined83
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Pablo Bay National Wildlife RefugeLKV ASSIST
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSTAGE GULCH
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Bel Marin Keys: 6 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, 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
Black PointSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Freeman and SondgrothFlagstoneProducer
Patent Brick CompanyClayPast Producer
KnutteManganeseProducerPsilomelane
Knutte DepositManganeseUnknown1942
Black PointStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Burdell MountainStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
HoffmanStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

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
Ignacio1.5 miles24
Dewitt1.7 miles24
Black Point2.0 miles24
Rafael Village2.1 miles24
Old Town3.0 miles24
Marinwood3.3 miles24
Novato3.4 miles24
Miller (historical)3.7 miles24

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.

Wikipedia article on Bel Marin KeysAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4881742The 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 1808861. 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.