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Bivalve, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94940. It lies near Grand Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Inverness quadrangle. It stands 43 feet above sea level.

Bivalve within Marin 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 Bivalve, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Bivalve, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Bivalve between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,471 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning1

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
3 September 1994Smokingunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreSKIDPAN
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresPoint Reyes National SeashoreSHORELINE
22 September 1999Naturalunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreHAGGERTY
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.2 acresPoint Reyes National SeashoreDRAKE 2
20 September 1993Power generation/transmission/distribution52 acresGolden Gate National Recreation AreaGENAZZI
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
11 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreWHITEGATE

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 Bivalve: 10 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tungsten, Stone, Gold. 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
Inverness RidgeGoldUnknown
Black MountainStoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
BenderTungstenOccurrence
Bender Dell BenderTungstenOccurrence1950
InvernessTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
NorenTungstenOccurrence1950
NorenTungstenUnknown
Black MountainStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Borello QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Millerton1.5 miles28
Inverness1.7 miles28
Point Reyes Station1.9 miles28
Inverness Park2.0 miles28
Seahaven2.6 miles28
Olema4.1 miles28
Marconi4.5 miles29
Tocaloma4.6 miles28

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.

Wikidata item Q4919215The 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 1658065. 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.