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Dillon Beach, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94929. It lies near Sugarloaf. The Survey maps it on the Valley Ford quadrangle. 246 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 89 feet above sea level.

Dillon Beach within Marin County

Then and now

1935 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dillon Beach, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Dillon Beach, surveyed 1935

Population over time

2 figures

Dillon Beach fell from 283 to 246 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010283
2020246-37 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Dillon Beach between 1993 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGHWAY 1
27 August 1994Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitESTERO
24 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitANATONI
20 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreHUT
12 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitESTERO
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.1 acresPoint Reyes National SeashorePIERCE
31 July 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
27 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dillon Beach: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dillon Beach PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Tomales PointGoldOccurrenceBeach Placer
Tomales PointGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Marin 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
Vincent Landing2.5 miles29
Tomales3.2 miles29
Ocean Roar3.2 miles29
Fallon3.6 miles18
Hamlet3.6 miles29
Nicks Cove4.2 miles29
Blakes Landing4.6 miles29
McDonald5.2 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.

Wikipedia article on Dillon BeachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2104029The 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 1658420. 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.