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Dean, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Gonzales census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93926. It stands on Johnson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gonzales quadrangle. It stands 125 feet above sea level.

Dean within Monterey County

Then and now

1910 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dean, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Dean, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Dean between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,272 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 use22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1,393 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003316
15 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitJOHNSON
11 September 2017Natural4.2 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionJOHNSON
11 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitJOHNSON
6 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined63 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitIVERSON
28 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitJOHNSON CANYON RD / IVERS
28 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitPG&E # 20
27 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitRIVER RD. #3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dean: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
JohnsonStoneProducer
JohnsonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limekiln Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralProspectSedimentary
Limekiln Creek Deposit-ChualarLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monterey 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
Gonzales1.4 miles24
Gabilan (historical)2.5 miles24
Chualar4.5 miles26
Molus5.1 miles22
Camphora6.7 miles20
Spence8.4 miles26
Soledad9.8 miles20
Fort Romie10.3 miles20

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 Q5245944The 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 1670125. 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.