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Camphora, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Soledad census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93960. The Survey maps it on the Soledad quadrangle. It stands 171 feet above sea level.

Camphora within Monterey County

Then and now

1915 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Camphora, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Camphora, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Camphora between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,616 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined122
Equipment and vehicle use27
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Debris and open burning15
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
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 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMETZ RD SOLEDAD_CITY
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use4.1 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitELAM
8 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitENCINAL
6 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitSOLEDAD HIGH SCHOOL SOLED
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMISSION WY SOLEDAD_CITY
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitARROYO
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitGOMEZ PL / SERRANO PL
30 September 2009Missing 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 Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Camphora: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Stonewall Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Monterey 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
Molus1.6 miles22
Soledad3.1 miles20
Fort Romie3.9 miles20
Gonzales5.4 miles24
Dean6.7 miles24
Harlem7.3 miles20
Gabilan (historical)9.2 miles24
Mascorini Place10.5 miles28

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 CamphoraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5028360The 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 1660428. 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.