Chinatown, California

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1889 1978

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 19 shown

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

• Civic Art Gallerylisted 1973 · 0.0 miles away
• Twohy Buildinglisted 2003 · 0.2 miles away
• San Jose Downtown Historic Districtlisted 1983 · 0.2 miles away
• Dohrmann Buildinglisted 1986 · 0.3 miles away
• De Anza Hotellisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
• Luis Maria Peralta Adobelisted 1973 · 0.3 miles away
• St. James Square Historic Districtlisted 1979 · 0.4 miles away
• First Unitarian Universalist Churchlisted 1977 · 0.4 miles away
• Hotel Sainte Clairelisted 1980 · 0.4 miles away
• San Jose Central Fire Stationlisted 2015 · 0.4 miles away
• Moir Buildinglisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
• Roma Bakerylisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away

Every listing in Santa Clara County

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.

• 1889 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1897 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500
• 1899 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
• 1943 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500
• 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
• 1953 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500
• 1953 USGS San Jose West quadrangle1:24000
• 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
• 1961 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1961 USGS San Jose West quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
• 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
• 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
• 1978 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Chinatown (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• San Jose
• Willow Glen
• College Park
• Buena Vista
• Burbank
• Fruitdale

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Chinatown (historical): 12 past producers, 4 producers, 4 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Mercury, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Santa Clara County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1667479. 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.