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Creston, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Napa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94503. The Survey maps it on the Cordelia quadrangle. It stands 315 feet above sea level.

Creston within Napa 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 Creston, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Creston, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 35 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

274 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Creston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,513 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined153
Equipment and vehicle use75
Smoking13
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitEUCALYTUS
6 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitAIRPORT
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSPURS
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKELLY
4 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitROCKVILLE PARK
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKELLY
30 September 2001Natural5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSUGAR
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionAMERICAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Creston: 5 producers, 5 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Limestone, Dimension, Mercury, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed QuarriesLimestone, General, ClayProspectSedimentary
Basalt Rock Company, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Napa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Napa River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationLimestone, Dimension, ClayOccurrence
Unnamed QuarriesLimestone, Dimension, ClayProspect
St. John MineMercuryUnknown
St. Johns MineMercuryPast Producer1852, 1873
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Napa 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
Napa Junction2.9 miles29
Lombard3.0 miles29
Middleton3.1 miles29
Lowell3.6 miles29
American Canyon3.8 miles29
Collins3.9 miles29
Squab4.0 miles29
Thompson4.6 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 Q5184604The 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 1655938. 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.