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Chinatown, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Oakland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94607. It stands on Glen Echo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oakland West quadrangle.

Chinatown within Alameda County

Then and now

1895 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chinatown, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Chinatown, surveyed 1895

On record in Chinatown

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 12 of 33 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Alameda County

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 37 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

238 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Chinatown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 281 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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/undetermined167
Arson/incendiarism27
Smoking18
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning4

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitSMALL
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2018Missing 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 Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Chinatown: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Silver, Sulfur, Silver, Copper. 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
AlumSulfur, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Kaiser Industries CorpClayProducer
AlmaSulfur-Pyrite, Copper, SilverOccurrence1892
AlumSulfur-Pyrite, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Ada Sand and Gravel Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kaiser Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kaiser Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sanderling DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Alameda 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
Oakland0.3 miles37
Clinton (historical)1.0 miles37
Peralta Villa1.2 miles37
Adams Point1.2 miles37
Grand Lake1.5 miles42
West Oakland1.5 miles37
Campbell Village1.6 miles37
Woodstock1.8 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1693016. 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.