BlockCottage Corners, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Hollister census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95023. The Survey maps it on the Hollister quadrangle.
Then and now
1919 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1919 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 26 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.
- 1919 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1923 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
433 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 433 fires within 5 miles of Cottage Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,534 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 165 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 |
| Debris and open burning | 58 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 33 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | TREE |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | TREVIS |
| 8 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | LONETREE |
| 7 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU003662 |
| 7 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | VANGERPEN |
| 6 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | SAN JUAN |
| 6 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | PG&E #15 |
| 5 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | TEQUISQUITA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Cottage Corners: 7 past producers, 6 producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berbich Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bolsa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dooley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hollister Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hollister Pit and Mill. Plant No 12 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hollister San Benito Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hospital Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duri (historical) | 0.6 miles | 26 | |
| Hollister | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| Hudner | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Ridgemark | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| Dunneville | 4.9 miles | 24 | |
| Morse | 5.4 miles | 26 | |
| Tres Pinos | 6.9 miles | 24 | |
| San Juan Bautista | 7.5 miles | 25 |
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 Q122589667 | 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 221618. 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.