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Brookshire, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Hayward census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94552. It stands on Bolinas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Las Trampas Ridge quadrangle. It stands 564 feet above sea level.

Brookshire within Alameda County

Then and now

1897 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brookshire, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Brookshire, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 surveys from 39 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Brookshire between 1992 and 2020, burning about 361 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined91
Equipment and vehicle use34
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 1996Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitCHABOT #2
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitALCO #10
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitDUBLIN
3 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use4.5 acresSanta Clara UnitEDEN
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Brookshire: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Mclaughlin Lithograph-Stone QuarryLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Mclaughlinlithograph-StonequarryLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Castro Valley5.4 miles36
Fairview5.6 miles36
San Ramon Village5.8 miles31
Dublin6.3 miles31
Ashland6.4 miles36
Cherryland6.8 miles36
Hayward6.8 miles36
Komandorski Village7.0 miles31

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 Q4975081The 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 1682719. 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.