BlockBefore

Doelger City, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Sunset census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94122. It lies near Lindley Meadow. The Survey maps it on the San Francisco North quadrangle.

Doelger City within San Francisco County

Then and now

1895 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Doelger City, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Doelger City, surveyed 1895

On record in Doelger City

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

19 surveys from 39 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

254 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Doelger City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 528 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined115
Recreation and ceremony60
Smoking28
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Fireworks6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
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 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaDOYLE5
8 September 2009Smoking200 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaHWY 1 VEG
7 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaSUTRO
6 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz Unitnot named
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Francisco County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Doelger City: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Mining Claim Loc. Quicksilver Fnd.MercuryProspect
QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed OccurrenceMercuryOccurrence1892
Black MountainGoldPast Producer
Black Mtn.GoldPast ProducerGold
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Francisco 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
Sunset District0.3 miles39
Golden Gate Heights1.1 miles39
Forest Hill1.6 miles43
West Portal1.7 miles43
Forest Knolls1.7 miles39
Merced Manor1.8 miles43
Richmond District1.9 miles39
Saint Francis Wood2.0 miles43

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 Q122550842The 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 1655372. 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.