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Camp Thayer, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Russian River-Sonoma Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95421. It lies near Bull Barn Ranch. The Survey maps it on the Duncans Mills quadrangle.

Camp Thayer within Sonoma County

Then and now

1943 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 39 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 Thayer, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Camp Thayer, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

310 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 310 fires within 5 miles of Camp Thayer between 1992 and 2019, burning about 185 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined135
Debris and open burning45
Equipment and vehicle use42
Recreation and ceremony32
Arson/incendiarism21
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking9
Natural3

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
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitNEIDEAU
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARMSTRONG
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRIO NIDO#1
7 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRIVERSIDE DR GUERNEVIL 4
6 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARMSTRONG, CDF TAC 6 2
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSIRI
5 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRIVER RD GUERNEVILLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Camp Thayer: 5 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Mercury, 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
Altamont Copper GroupMercury, CopperOccurrence
Austin Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clar QuarryStoneUnknown
AltamontCopperOccurrence
AltamontCopper, MercuryUnknown
Unnamed LocationMercuryOccurrence
Bohan & CanelisSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Siri & King Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Willow CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Hale Place1.9 miles18
Monte Rosa2.1 miles18
Sheridan2.3 miles16
Villa Grande2.4 miles16
Montesano2.5 miles16
Guernewood2.6 miles16
Duncans Mills2.6 miles16
Vacation Beach2.7 miles16

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 Q122548794The 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 1656943. 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.