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Christie, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Briones census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94553. The Survey maps it on the Benicia quadrangle. It stands 292 feet above sea level.

Christie within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Christie, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Christie, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 36 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

432 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 432 fires within 5 miles of Christie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,134 acres in total. None started naturally. 68 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/undetermined244
Arson/incendiarism68
Equipment and vehicle use52
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Smoking22
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Debris and open burning7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSanta Clara UnitALHAMBRA VALLEY RD BRION
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitFOUR
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSanta Clara UnitPG&E ALHAMBRA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Christie: 6 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Stone, Dimension, Diatomite. 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
Pinole Dohrman, PawseyDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
MartinezStone, DimensionOccurrence
McnearsStone, DimensionOccurrence
MartinezStonePast Producer
McnearsStonePast Producer
Port Costa Clay Products Co.StoneOccurrence
DiabloStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
DiabloStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Main Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Contra Costa County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Christie in 1 storm report in 2025: 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 2025FloodChristie-A vehicle was reported stuck in floodwaters on westbound State Route 4 at the Franklin Canyon onramp. The onramp was also reported as flooded.

Every storm recorded in Contra Costa 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
Glen Frazer2.3 miles41
Luzon2.5 miles27
Ozol2.8 miles36
Port Costa3.2 miles36
Crockett3.4 miles36
Herpoco3.5 miles27
Eckley3.5 miles36
Valona3.5 miles36

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 Q5110652The 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 1658276. 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.