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Bellvale, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Half Moon Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94074. It stands on Kingston Creek. The Survey maps it on the La Honda quadrangle.

Bellvale within San Mateo County

Then and now

1902 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bellvale, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Bellvale, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 36 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Bellvale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use30
Natural6
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2

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 UnitRIDGEWOOD
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitJONES GLUCH # 2
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitJONES GLUCH #1
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitHASKINS
8 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitDRISCOLL
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitSERIES
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitP.G.& E.#12B
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBURNS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Redwood Terrace1.4 miles36
La Honda2.5 miles36
Loma Mar2.9 miles36
San Gregorio3.6 miles38
Dearborn Park3.7 miles36
Pescadero5.1 miles38
Butano Park5.4 miles38
Sky Londa5.8 miles37

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 BellvaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4884217The 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 1702021. 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.