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Dearborn Park, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Half Moon Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94060. It lies near Roy Gulch. The Survey maps it on the La Honda quadrangle.

Dearborn Park within San Mateo 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 Dearborn Park, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Dearborn Park, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 36 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Dearborn Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use23
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBUTANO
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitRIDGEWOOD
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitJONES GLUCH # 2
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitJONES GLUCH #1
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitHASKINS
8 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitDRISCOLL
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitP.G.& E.#12B
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBURNS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dearborn Park: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
ArchibaldStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pescadero QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in San Mateo 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
Loma Mar1.0 miles36
Butano Park1.8 miles38
Pescadero3.4 miles38
Bellvale3.7 miles36
Redwood Terrace4.0 miles36
La Honda4.8 miles36
San Gregorio6.0 miles38
Vista Verde8.5 miles52

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658385. 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.