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Chittenden, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Watsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95076. The Survey maps it on the Chittenden quadrangle. It stands 125 feet above sea level.

Chittenden within Santa Cruz County

Then and now

1915 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chittenden, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Chittenden, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

347 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 347 fires within 5 miles of Chittenden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,108 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined135
Equipment and vehicle use126
Debris and open burning40
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitBETABEL
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003696
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitPG&E #24
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHULSE 2
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitAROMAS
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003678
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitMERRILL
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitPG@E # 28

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Chittenden: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Limestone, General. 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
Los VergalesLimestone, GeneralProspectSedimentary
Logan Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
Arthur R. Wilson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Granite Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sann Juan Pit #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Williams QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Johnston Corner5.6 miles27
Interlaken7.6 miles27
Watsonville8.1 miles27
Colache Town8.4 miles27
Freedom9.2 miles27
Nuga (historical)10.1 miles27
Amesti10.2 miles27
Larkin Valley11.5 miles27

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 ChittendenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5102449The 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 251973. 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.