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Berryessa Highlands, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Lake Berryessa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94558. It lies near Steel Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lake Berryessa quadrangle.

Berryessa Highlands within Napa County

Then and now

1924 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Berryessa Highlands, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Berryessa Highlands, surveyed 1924

Compare 1924 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Berryessa Highlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22,702 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined71
Equipment and vehicle use51
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning14
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCAPELL
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBERRYESSA
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWRAGG
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictCAPELL
4 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTURTLE
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCAPELL
26 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use2.3 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTURTLE
26 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitOAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Berryessa Highlands: 12 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite, Chromium, Asbestos, Mercury. 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
Napa Rock Soda SpringsGeothermalUnknown
UnknownMercuryOccurrence
Monticello Asbestos MineAsbestosPast Producer
Phoenix Kohler AndAsbestosOccurrence
Phoenix Kohler and Chase Asbestos QuarryAsbestosOccurrence1908
UnknownChromiumOccurrenceChromite
UnknownChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Unnamed ProspectChromiumProspect

Every working recorded in Napa 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
Steel Canyon Resort0.9 miles20
Spanish Flat Resort1.2 miles20
Spanish Flat2.4 miles20
Redbud Park (historical)2.7 miles20
Monticello (historical)4.5 miles20
Atlas6.7 miles25
Napa Soda Springs9.8 miles25
Caymus (historical)12.0 miles25

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 Berryessa HighlandsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14681597The 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 1657269. 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.