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Colonia Manzanilla, California

44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92843. The Survey maps it on the Anaheim quadrangle.

Colonia Manzanilla within Orange 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 Colonia Manzanilla, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Colonia Manzanilla, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 44 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

357 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 357 fires within 5 miles of Colonia Manzanilla between 1998 and 2020, burning about 6,252 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 54 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/undetermined194
Arson/incendiarism54
Equipment and vehicle use32
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Smoking23
Debris and open burning20
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
6 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
30 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Colonia Manzanilla: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Calcium. 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 Angeles Pressed Brick Co.ClayPast Producer
Santa Ana PlantCalciumProducer
Cunningham and SonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Garden Grove Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
L. O. SwartzbaughSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R. P. Mitchell PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
The Gables0.9 miles47
Town and Country Villa1.0 miles47
Garden Grove1.0 miles44
Lake Park Santa Ana1.1 miles47
Sandalwood Mobile Home Park1.3 miles47
Bali-Hi Mobile Home Lodge1.4 miles47
Liberty Mobile Home Court1.5 miles47
Royal Gardens Mobile Home Estates1.5 miles47

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666029. 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.