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Corporal, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Santa Clara Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95020. It stands on Tick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chittenden quadrangle.

Corporal within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1915 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Corporal, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Corporal, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

297 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Corporal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,393 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined127
Equipment and vehicle use112
Debris and open burning20
Smoking13
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitBETABEL
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003696
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitPG&E #24
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHULSE 2
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreSanta Clara UnitHOWLSCLAW
8 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitSANTA TERESA BL / MILLER
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003678

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Corporal: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Gold. 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
Forty-Four MinesGoldPast Producer
Logan Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Arthur R. Wilson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Granite Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Williams QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Howson MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sann Juan Pit #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Santa Clara 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
Sargent0.7 miles29
Miller1.9 miles29
Nema (historical)2.2 miles29
Sawyers Crossing (historical)2.4 miles29
Betabel (historical)2.4 miles29
Plantel (historical)2.7 miles29
Carnadero3.2 miles29
Old Gilroy5.0 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 Q122560973The 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 1655925. 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.