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Bothin, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Ross Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94930. It lies near White Hill. The Survey maps it on the Novato quadrangle. It stands 292 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bothin within Marin County

Then and now

1914 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bothin (historical), surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Bothin (historical), surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

71 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Bothin (historical) between 2006 and 2018, burning about 330 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning1
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
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
26 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
21 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
2 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
17 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
16 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Bothin (historical): 7 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Gold, Copper. 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
Highway 20 SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maillard RanchChromiumOccurrence
McKinnan GulchCopper, LeadOccurrenceVein
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery QuarryStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Pike GulchCopperOccurrenceVein
Maillard RanchManganeseOccurrence
Maillard RanchManganeseOccurrence
San GeronimoGoldOccurrence
San GeronimoGoldProspect
HoffmanStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

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
Mailliard (historical)0.8 miles23
Woodacre1.5 miles23
Manor1.8 miles41
Sleepy Hollow1.9 miles24
Fairfax2.0 miles41
San Geronimo2.5 miles23
Lucas Valley3.6 miles24
San Anselmo3.7 miles41

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 Bothin (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4948639The 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 1702850. 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.