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Del Monte, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Seaside-Monterey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93940. It stands on Aguajito Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seaside quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.

Del Monte within Monterey County

Then and now

1913 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Del Monte, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Del Monte, surveyed 1913

Compare 1913 against another survey:

On record in Del Monte

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

351 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 351 fires within 5 miles of Del Monte between 1992 and 2020, burning about 498 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined184
Equipment and vehicle use53
Smoking34
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Arson/incendiarism22
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural4

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMORSE
9 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMAJELLA RD / SLOAT RD
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1835
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitSAN CARLOS
6 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey Unit17 MILE DR / BIRD ROCK RD
6 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitMEADOWS
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCARPENTER
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitBIRD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Del Monte: 14 past producers, 12 producers, 6 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Slate, Dimension. 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
Sawmill GulchClayPast Producer
SierraFlagstonePast Producer
Carmel Stone Quarry-AnthonyStone, DimensionPast Producer
Carmel Stone Quarry-PassadoriStone, DimensionPast Producer
MachadoSlate, DimensionPast Producer
Stewart QuarrySlate, DimensionPast Producer
Work Ranch DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Work Ranch DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Del Monte Properties CoStoneProducer
Jefferson Street QuarryStoneProducer

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
Monterey1.4 miles31
Seaside1.5 miles30
Sand City1.6 miles30
Cannery Row1.7 miles31
Del Rey Oaks1.9 miles30
New Monterey2.0 miles31
Del Monte Heights2.1 miles30
Fort Ord Village (historical)2.4 miles30

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.

Wikipedia article on Del MonteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5252936The 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 1658407. 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.