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Capay, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Esparto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95627. It lies in Capay Valley. The Survey maps it on the Esparto quadrangle. It stands 210 feet above sea level.

Capay within Yolo County

Then and now

1905 to 1972

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 Capay, surveyed 1972
Topographic sheet of Capay, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Capay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,794 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Equipment and vehicle use73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCAPAY
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFORBES #1
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFORBES #2
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 16 CAPAY
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitYOLO
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCAPAY #3
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCAPAY #1
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCAPAY #4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yolo 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 Capay: 4 producers, 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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
Unnamed LocationCalciumOccurrence
Cache Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Madison Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Madison Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rieff PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stenhens Sand & Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Yolo 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
Country Villa Estates1.8 miles23
Esparto2.0 miles23
Cadenasso4.3 miles20
Madison4.7 miles22
Cottonwood5.3 miles22
Brooks5.8 miles20
Citrona6.5 miles22
Arroz7.3 miles23

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 CapayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2937212The 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 220568. 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.