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Carmel Woods, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Carmel-by-the-Sea census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93923. It lies near Huckleberry Hill. The Survey maps it on the Monterey quadrangle.

Carmel Woods within Monterey County

Then and now

1913 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 84 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 Woods, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Carmel Woods, surveyed 1913

Compare 1913 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

371 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 371 fires within 5 miles of Carmel Woods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 405 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined199
Equipment and vehicle use54
Smoking31
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Arson/incendiarism22
Recreation and ceremony16
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Natural5

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMORSE
9 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMAJELLA RD / SLOAT RD
8 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictEQUESTRIAN
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1835
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitSAN CARLOS
6 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey Unit17 MILE DR / BIRD ROCK RD
6 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitMEADOWS
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitBIRD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Carmel Woods: 23 past producers, 14 producers, 3 prospects. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Del Monte Prop. Co-Fan Shell BeachSilicaPast Producer
Del Monte Prop. Co. - Fanshell BeahSand and Gravel, Construction, FeldsparPast Producer
Sawmill GulchClayPast Producer
MachadoSlate, DimensionPast Producer
Santa Lucia Quarries, Ltd.FlagstonePast Producer
SierraFlagstonePast Producer
Stewart QuarrySlate, DimensionPast Producer
Work Ranch DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Work Ranch DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Carmel Stone Quarry-AnthonyStone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monterey County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carmel Woods in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2017FloodCarmel Woods-Roadway flooding on Quail Meadows Dr in Carmel Valley. Large section of roadway flooded, vehicles sliding.

Every storm 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-by-the-Sea1.2 miles31
Pebble Beach1.7 miles31
Del Monte Forest1.9 miles31
Monterey2.3 miles31
Cannery Row3.0 miles31
New Monterey3.1 miles31
Hacienda Carmel3.1 miles31
Pacific Grove3.2 miles31

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 WoodsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q49328049The 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 220612. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.