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Carmel Valley, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Carmel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93924. It lies near Hitchcock Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Carmel Valley quadrangle. It stands 400 feet above sea level.

Carmel Valley within Monterey County

Then and now

1920 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Carmel Valley, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Carmel Valley, surveyed 1920

Compare 1920 against another survey:

On record in Carmel Valley

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Carmel Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,292 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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 use56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCARMEL
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined68 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitINDIAN
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictSAN CLEMENTE RDG
6 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitRANCHO SAN CARLOS
30 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitSALINAS PUMP CO.
30 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitGARLAND PARK
3 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitPUNTA DEL MONTE
28 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder 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 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Carmel Valley: 8 producers, 8 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury. 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
Carmel Valley AreaPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Meadows GulchStone, DimensionPast Producer
Rancho Del MonteClayProspectSedimentary
Rancho Del MonteClayPast Producer
UnnamedMercuryOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectMercuryProspect
Del FinoStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
FlemingStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
HaldornStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
De AmeralStoneProducer

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
Carmel Valley Village0.6 miles30
Robles Del Rio0.7 miles30
Rancho Tierra Grande5.0 miles30
Baronet Estates5.9 miles30
Carmel Valley Manor6.1 miles30
Corral de Tierra6.2 miles28
Ambler Park6.7 miles28
Quail Meadows8.1 miles30

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 Carmel ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q139301779The 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 1660439. 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.