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Belvedere Island, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southeast Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94920. It stands on Belvedere Island. The Survey maps it on the San Quentin quadrangle. It stands 69 feet above sea level.

Belvedere Island within Marin County

Then and now

1895 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Belvedere Island, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Belvedere Island, surveyed 1895

On record in Belvedere Island

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

19 surveys from 39 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Belvedere Island between 1992 and 2020, burning about 398 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined61
Recreation and ceremony22
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking14
Arson/incendiarism8
Fireworks6
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning3
Other causes2

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaALTA
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaLOG CABIN
24 September 1993Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresGolden Gate National Recreation AreaTV#1
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaCOLE

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 Belvedere Island: 6 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gemstone, Gold, Manganese. 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
Angel Island DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fort BakerGold, ManganeseOccurrence1914
Ft BakerStoneUnknown
Lime PointGemstoneOccurrence1935
Tiburon Ridge FlagstoneStone, Stone, DimensionOccurrence
Escalle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Tiburon Ridge FlagstoneStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Marin Co.No.25ManganeseUnknown
Red RockManganeseProducerMineral Paint, Psilomelane
Red RockManganeseProducer

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
Belvedere0.5 miles39
Hilarita0.5 miles39
Tiburon0.8 miles39
Sausalito1.4 miles39
El Campo1.5 miles39
Little Reed Heights1.5 miles39
Harbor Point1.6 miles41
Waldo1.8 miles39

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 Belvedere IslandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4884877The 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 2082269. 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.