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Cannery Row, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Seaside-Monterey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93940. It stands on Junipero Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monterey quadrangle.

Cannery Row within Monterey County

Then and now

1913 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cannery Row, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Cannery Row, surveyed 1913

Compare 1913 against another survey:

On record in Cannery Row

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

319 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 319 fires within 5 miles of Cannery Row between 1992 and 2020, burning about 497 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined162
Equipment and vehicle use50
Smoking34
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Arson/incendiarism20
Recreation and ceremony14
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Debris and open burning6
Natural4

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMORSE
9 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMAJELLA RD / SLOAT RD
8 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictEQUESTRIAN
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1835
6 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey Unit17 MILE DR / BIRD ROCK RD
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitBIRD
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictBEU003326
4 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 Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Cannery Row: 11 past producers, 10 producers, 5 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Diatomite. 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
Del Monte Prop. Co-Fan Shell BeachSilicaPast Producer
Del Monte Prop. Co. - Fanshell BeahSand and Gravel, Construction, FeldsparPast Producer
MachadoSlate, DimensionPast Producer
Sawmill GulchClayPast Producer
Work Ranch DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Work Ranch DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Del Monte Properties CoStoneProducer
Jefferson Street QuarryStoneProducer
Ruthyen PitStoneProducer
Atkinson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
New Monterey0.3 miles31
Monterey0.9 miles31
Pacific Grove1.0 miles31
Del Monte1.7 miles30
Pacific Grove Acres2.0 miles31
Sand City2.6 miles30
Seaside2.8 miles30
Carmel Woods3.0 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658209. 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.