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Brackney, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the San Lorenzo Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95005. It stands on Manson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Felton quadrangle.

Brackney within Santa Cruz County

Then and now

1902 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brackney, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Brackney, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

548 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 548 fires within 5 miles of Brackney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 811 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 43 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/undetermined233
Equipment and vehicle use130
Arson/incendiarism43
Recreation and ceremony39
Debris and open burning34
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Smoking19
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHERMON
9 September 2013Smokingunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCREEKSIDE AV ZAYANTE
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitMARTIN
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitP.G.&E.#14
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBEAR CREEK #3
8 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitLAKE
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitROAD
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitQUAIL HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Brackney: 14 past producers, 8 occurrences, 8 producers, 5 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Limestone, Dimension, Granite. 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
Central Supply CoFlagstoneUnknown
Felton QuarryStoneProducer
Bonny Doon Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Henry Cowell Lime & Cement CoLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed LocationClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed LocationClayPast Producer
Decomposed Granite PitGraniteOccurrence
Decomposed Granite PitGraniteOccurrence
Felton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pacific Cement and Aggregates IncSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Glen Arbor0.4 miles32
Olympia1.3 miles32
Felton1.3 miles32
Ben Lomond1.4 miles32
Mount Hermon1.8 miles32
Zayante2.6 miles32
Mission Springs2.6 miles32
Brookdale2.9 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655841. 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.