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Davenport Landing, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the West Santa Cruz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95017. It stands on Agua Puerca Creek. The Survey maps it on the Davenport quadrangle.

Davenport Landing within Santa Cruz County

Then and now

1902 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Davenport Landing, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Davenport Landing, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Davenport Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 589 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use20
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1
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
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitREDWOOD
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitMARTIN
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCEMENT
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitDAVENPORT
29 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPG&E #18
2 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitLAGUNA CREEK BEACH DAVENP
10 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitSWANTON RD DAVENPORT 18
1 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitSHAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz 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 Davenport Landing: 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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
Bonny Doon Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Davenport Cement PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProducer
San Vicente CanyonStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayPast Producer
Bonny Doon ShaleStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
San Vincente QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Davenport1.5 miles32
Swanton2.8 miles32
Bonny Doon3.7 miles32
Petroleum (historical)4.7 miles16
Majors4.8 miles16
Gordola5.5 miles16
Brackney7.7 miles32
Felton7.8 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655952. 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.