BlockCordelia Junction, California
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fairfield-Suisun City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94534. It lies near Green Valley. The Survey maps it on the Cordelia quadrangle.
Then and now
1896 to 1983The 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.
Compare 1896 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 35 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1896 USGS Carquinez Strait quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Karquines quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Carquinez quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1901 USGS Karquines quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Napa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1940 USGS Carquinez Strait quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Carquinez quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Cordelia quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Napa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Cordelia Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 769 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SPURS |
| 5 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 66 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CATTLE |
| 4 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | ROCKVILLE PARK |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | AMERICAN |
| 3 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HIDDENBROOKE |
| 29 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SPURS |
| 28 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | STONEFIELD 3 |
| 27 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | JAMISON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cordelia Junction: 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Mercury. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallejo | Mercury | Producer | ||
| Cordelia Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Nelson Hill Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
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.
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 Q122564753 | The 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 221555. 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.