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Burdell, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Novato census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94945. It stands on Burdell Island. The Survey maps it on the Petaluma River quadrangle. It stands 3 feet above sea level.

Burdell 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 Burdell, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Burdell, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Burdell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 706 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined90
Equipment and vehicle use57
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Natural1

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 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 101 / KASTANIA RD 6
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLAKEVILLE
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremony35 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBARBONI
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Pablo Bay National Wildlife RefugeLKV ASSIST
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSTAGE GULCH
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Burdell: 8 occurrences, 7 producers, 7 unknowns, 4 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone. 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
Black PointSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Cannon LaneAntimonyPast Producer
Freeman and SondgrothFlagstoneProducer
Ghilotti Bros. - Marin Co.Stone, DimensionProducer
Mazza ProspectNickelProspect1918
West Mayacmas District ReportChromium, MercuryProducer1850, 1861
ClaimMercuryOccurrence
ClaimMercuryOccurrence
Skinner RanchGraphiteProducer
Skinner RanchGraphitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burdell in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 3 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2012FloodBurdell$500Law enforcement reports roadway flooding on U.S. Highway 101 near San Antonio Road.
February 2019FloodBurdell-Intersection of San Antonio Rd and San Antonio Spur, 6-8 inches of water across roadway.
February 2017FloodBurdell-Roadway flooding on Northbound Hwy101 and San Antonio Rd off ramp.

Every storm 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
San Antonio2.3 miles25
Novato3.5 miles24
Old Town4.3 miles24
Black Point4.6 miles24
Bel Marin Keys5.9 miles24
Rafael Village6.2 miles24
Ignacio6.2 miles24
Dewitt6.4 miles24

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 BurdellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4998260The 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 1658174. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.