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Beltaine, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sonoma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95442. It lies near Nunns Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Kenwood quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Beltaine within Sonoma County

Then and now

1916 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Beltaine (historical), surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Beltaine (historical), surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

266 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Beltaine (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57,049 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined97
Equipment and vehicle use96
Debris and open burning29
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony4

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 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCAVEDALE
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBRISTOL
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARNOLD
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHAWKS
6 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARNOLD
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTRINITY
4 September 1998Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWINERY
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLONDON CDF TAC6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Beltaine (historical): 15 past producers, 14 producers, 7 prospects, 2 occurrences. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Diatomite, Clay, 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
Bacon and Kenney ProspectManganeseProspect
Search GroupCopperProspect
Trinity QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Unnamed LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Valley of the MoonFlagstonePast Producer
La JoyaMercuryPast Producer1865
Lajoya MineMercuryProspect
Nuns Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Sonoma 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
Felice (historical)0.6 miles23
Wildwood (historical)1.4 miles23
Glen Ellen1.7 miles22
Kenwood2.2 miles23
Waldrue Heights2.6 miles22
Eldridge2.8 miles22
Yulupa (historical)3.3 miles22
Lawndale3.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1701261. 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.