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Berryessa, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the San Jose census division. It stands on Sierra Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calaveras Reservoir quadrangle.

Berryessa within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1889 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 89 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, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Berryessa, surveyed 1889

On record in Berryessa

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

13 surveys from 32 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Berryessa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 898 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined68
Equipment and vehicle use27
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSanta Clara UnitROCK
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSanta Clara UnitFELTER
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitSIERRA
27 September 2017Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitCALAVARAS #1
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitFELTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Berryessa: 14 past producers, 7 producers, 3 prospects, 3 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, Manganese, 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
Calaveras Road PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Roggasch Bros.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Serpa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
BlackbirdManganeseProspect
Garden City Pottery Co.ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Garden City Pottery Co.ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Clara County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berryessa in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2024FloodBerryessa-The number 3 and 4 lanes of southbound Interstate 680 were flooded just south of McKee Rd.
February 2017Flash FloodBerryessa-Upper Penitencia Creek at Dorel gauge above flood stage.
May 2015Funnel CloudBerryessa-San Francisco news station forwarded two photos of a funnel cloud taken by two different members of the public in east San Jose during the early afternoon of May 14, 2015.

Every storm recorded in Santa Clara 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
Wayne2.0 miles29
Alum Rock2.3 miles27
East Foothills2.3 miles32
Heinlenville (historical)3.0 miles28
College Park3.7 miles28
San Jose3.7 miles28
Milpitas3.8 miles29
Chinatown (historical)4.0 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 254610. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.