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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.

Carbondale within Orange County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Carbondale (historical), surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Carbondale (historical), surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 40 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

58 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresCleveland National ForestIRVINE
26 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCleveland National ForestPOTSIE
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresOrange County Fire AuthoritySANTIAGO FIRE
25 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use14 acresRiverside UnitSTATE FIRE
25 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use20 acresCleveland National ForestMODJESKA
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use38 acresCleveland National ForestLONG
12 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined959 acresCleveland National ForestSILVERADO
11 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCleveland National ForestSILVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue LightLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerPyrite, Sphalerite
Gypsum Canyon DepositGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Santa Rosa Lead - ZincLead, ZincOccurrence
Sentinal OakGold, Silver, Lead, ZincProspect
Silverado-Santa RosaSilverProducer
Unnamed ProspectLead, Silver, ZincProspect
Red Rock ProspectStone, DimensionProspect
Unnamed ProspectStone, DimensionProspect
Williams MineGoldProspect
Serrano MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Silverado2.2 miles47
Modjeska4.1 miles47
Foothill Ranch4.7 miles47
Beeks Place5.1 miles40
Upper Aliso5.3 miles37
Kathryn5.3 miles47
Cowan Heights5.4 miles46
Frances5.4 miles47

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.