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Champagne Fountain, California

52 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the San Jose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95070. It stands on Vasona Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cupertino quadrangle.

Champagne Fountain within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1897 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Champagne Fountain, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Champagne Fountain, surveyed 1897

On record in Champagne Fountain

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 surveys from 52 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

251 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Champagne Fountain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 197 acres in total. None started naturally. 40 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/undetermined124
Arson/incendiarism40
Equipment and vehicle use31
Smoking19
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony2
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
9 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara 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 Champagne Fountain: 9 past producers, 5 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Calcium. 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
Permanente Cement PlantCalciumProducer
Stevens Creek QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
Unnamed Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Commercial MaterialsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Commercial MaterialsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Los Gatos Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Los Gatos Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pierce Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Santa Clara 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
Saratoga1.1 miles52
Blue Hills1.5 miles52
San Tomas1.8 miles28
Austin2.4 miles24
Vasona Junction2.7 miles28
Rancho Rinconada2.7 miles52
Monte Sereno2.9 miles24
Campbell3.2 miles28

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 Q122566822The 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 1655887. 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.