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Brookfield Village, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Oakland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94603. It stands on San Leandro Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Leandro quadrangle.

Brookfield Village within Alameda County

Then and now

1899 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brookfield Village, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Brookfield Village, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 surveys from 34 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

350 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 350 fires within 5 miles of Brookfield Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 242 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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/undetermined232
Arson/incendiarism34
Smoking32
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning14
Misuse of fire by a minor12
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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitSMALL
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Brookfield Village: 7 past producers, 5 producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Silver. 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
AlumSulfur, Silver, CopperPast Producer
LeonaSulfur, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Leona HeightsCopper, Gold, ZincPast Producer1891
AlmaSulfur-Pyrite, Copper, SilverOccurrence1892
AlmaCopper, SulfurPast ProducerBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
AlumSulfur-Pyrite, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Chabot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
San Leandro Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kaiser Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kaiser Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Alameda 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
Elmhurst1.4 miles42
San Leandro1.7 miles34
Mulford1.8 miles34
Lockwood Gardens1.9 miles42
Havenscourt2.1 miles42
Mulford Gardens2.1 miles34
Eastmont2.5 miles42
Melrose2.6 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1692812. 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.