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Cordero Junction, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Fairfield-Suisun City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94533. The Survey maps it on the Elmira quadrangle.

Cordero Junction within Solano County

Then and now

1908 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cordero Junction, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Cordero Junction, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Cordero Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,199 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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/undetermined50
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCEMENT
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTWIN
21 September 2020Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
20 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Solano County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cordero Junction: 6 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Greenstone QuarryStoneProducer
Cement HillStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Pacific Portland Cement Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Peterson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Solano 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
Vanden (historical)0.8 miles26
Vacaville Junction0.8 miles26
Cannon1.2 miles26
Travis Field1.6 miles26
Tolenas3.1 miles27
Elmira4.8 miles26
Vacaville5.1 miles26
Ulatis Park5.2 miles26

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 Q122548376The 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 1655923. 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.