Carbondale, California
40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92676. It lies near Silverado Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Black Star Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1901 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 40 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Corona quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Corona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Corona quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Black Star Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Black Star Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Black Star Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1974 USGS Black Star Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Black Star Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
58 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Carbondale (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 55,814 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Cleveland National Forest | IRVINE |
| 26 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | POTSIE |
| 25 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Orange County Fire Authority | SANTIAGO FIRE |
| 25 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Riverside Unit | STATE FIRE |
| 25 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Cleveland National Forest | MODJESKA |
| 23 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 acres | Cleveland National Forest | LONG |
| 12 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 959 acres | Cleveland National Forest | SILVERADO |
| 11 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | SILVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Carbondale (historical): 9 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Lead, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Light | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Gypsum Canyon Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Santa Rosa Lead - Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Sentinal Oak | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Silverado-Santa Rosa | Silver | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Red Rock Prospect | Stone, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Stone, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Williams Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Serrano Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silverado | 2.2 miles | 47 | |
| Modjeska | 4.1 miles | 47 | |
| Foothill Ranch | 4.7 miles | 47 | |
| Beeks Place | 5.1 miles | 40 | |
| Upper Aliso | 5.3 miles | 37 | |
| Kathryn | 5.3 miles | 47 | |
| Cowan Heights | 5.4 miles | 46 | |
| Frances | 5.4 miles | 47 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1765942. 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.
















