Carmel Valley Manor, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Carmel-by-the-Sea census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93923. It lies near CaƱada De La Ordena. The Survey maps it on the Seaside quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1913 against another survey:
On record in Carmel Valley Manor
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Berwick Manor and Orchardlisted 1977 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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.
- 1913 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1941 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Seaside quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Seaside quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Seaside quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
220 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Carmel Valley Manor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 469 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 | 102 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 61 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | SAN CARLOS |
| 6 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MEADOWS |
| 6 September 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | PANETTA |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CARPENTER |
| 6 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | RANCHO SAN CARLOS |
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | CABEU 003602 |
| 4 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | HIGHWAY 68 |
| 30 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MATHESON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Carmel Valley Manor: 18 past producers, 12 producers, 5 prospects, 1 occurrence. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Slate, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel Valley Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Monterey Mission Tile | Clay | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Monterey Mission Tile | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Santa Lucia Quarries, Ltd. | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sierra | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Work Ranch Deposit | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Work Ranch Deposit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Carmel Stone Quarry-Anthony | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Carmel Stone Quarry-Passadori | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Machado | Slate, Dimension | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Tierra Grande | 1.2 miles | 30 | |
| Quail Meadows | 2.3 miles | 30 | |
| Hacienda Carmel | 2.8 miles | 31 | |
| Del Rey Oaks | 4.3 miles | 30 | |
| Baronet Estates | 4.3 miles | 30 | |
| Del Monte | 5.3 miles | 30 | |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 5.4 miles | 31 | |
| Carmel Woods | 5.5 miles | 31 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122592909 | The 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 1873309. 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.












