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Camp Meeker, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Russian River-Sonoma Coast census division. It stands on Alder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Camp Meeker quadrangle. It stands 331 feet above sea level.

Camp Meeker within Sonoma County

Then and now

1935 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Camp Meeker, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Camp Meeker, surveyed 1935

Compare 1935 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

305 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 305 fires within 5 miles of Camp Meeker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 141 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined112
Equipment and vehicle use78
Debris and open burning52
Smoking15
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural4
Other causes1

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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionVISTA
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBODEGA
6 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGRATON
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGREEN #3
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBARNETT
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWAGNON
4 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWHITEMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma 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 Camp Meeker: 12 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, 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
Altamont Copper GroupMercury, CopperOccurrence
Blue Rock Pit and MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Siri & King Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationGarnetUnknown
AltamontCopperOccurrence
AltamontCopper, MercuryUnknown
Burl Howell QuarryStoneUnknown
Canyon Rock Pit and MillStoneProducer
Clark QuarryStoneUnknown
Unnamed LocationCopperUnknown

Every working recorded in Sonoma 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
Alliance Redwood0.9 miles20
Occidental1.4 miles20
Tyrone2.7 miles16
Monte Rio3.8 miles16
Northwood Lodge4.1 miles20
Northwood4.1 miles16
Northwood Heights4.3 miles20
Freestone4.3 miles18

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 Camp MeekerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5027407The 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 1658200. 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.