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Collins, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Napa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94503. It stands on American Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cuttings Wharf quadrangle. It stands 49 feet above sea level.

Collins within Napa County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Collins, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Collins, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

421 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 421 fires within 5 miles of Collins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,698 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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/undetermined281
Equipment and vehicle use60
Smoking29
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning13
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitEUCALYTUS
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2005Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePixley National Wildlife RefugeSOSCOL
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitAIRPORT
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitISLAND
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSPURS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Collins: 6 unknowns, 3 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Stone, Limestone, Dimension, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Mayacmas District ReportMercury, Chromium, Manganese, CopperProducer1850, 1864
Napa EvaporatorsSaltProducer
Unnamed QuarriesLimestone, General, ClayProspectSedimentary
Napa River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationLimestone, Dimension, ClayOccurrence
Unnamed QuarriesLimestone, Dimension, ClayProspect
Napa Junction PlantStoneUnknown
Red Rock Quarry, Ltd.StoneUnknown
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in Napa 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
Lowell0.6 miles29
American Canyon0.8 miles29
Napa Junction1.5 miles29
Lombard1.7 miles29
Squab2.5 miles29
Middleton2.9 miles29
Creston3.9 miles35
Brazos4.1 miles29

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 Q5147330The 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 1655914. 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.