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Dougherty, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Livermore-Pleasanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94568. It lies near San Ramon Valley. The Survey maps it on the Dublin quadrangle. It stands 348 feet above sea level.

Dougherty within Alameda County

Then and now

1906 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dougherty, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Dougherty, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Dougherty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 840 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined131
Equipment and vehicle use30
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking10
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1
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
9 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitDUBLIN
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSanta Clara UnitTASSAJARA
28 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Dougherty: 8 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silver. 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
Bezley QuarrySilverProducer
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Central Maintenance Heavy Equip ShpSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eliot Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
H.J. Kaiser Co. Radum PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
H.J. Kaiser Co. Radum PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
PicardSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Alameda County

Storms near this place

9 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dougherty in 9 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 9 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2014FloodDougherty$2,000Heavy rain produced flooding of the Interstate 580 onramp in Dublin. A car stalled in the flooded ramp.
February 2024FloodDougherty$10The number 2 lane and half of the number 1 lane of the connector between southbound Interstate 680 and eastbound Interstate 580 was flooded.
February 2024FloodDougherty-Flooding blocked the number 2 lane of the connector from southbound Interstate 680 to westbound Interstate 580.
December 2024FloodDougherty-Connector between southbound Interstate 680 and eastbound Interstate 580 was flooded.
January 2021FloodDougherty-Roadway flooding 4999 Gleason Dr.
February 2019FloodDougherty-Roadway flooding at junction of SB 680 and 580 slow lane.
March 2017FloodDougherty-Roadway flooding I-580 S connector to I-680. Both lanes flooded on connector.
February 2017FloodDougherty-Roadway flooding and debris both lanes EB 580 to SB 680.
February 2017FloodDougherty-Four inches of water in right lane of SB 680 to EB 580.

Every storm recorded in Alameda 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
Komandorski Village0.3 miles31
San Ramon Village1.3 miles31
Dublin1.5 miles31
Asco (historical)2.8 miles27
Pleasanton3.8 miles27
Radum (historical)3.9 miles27
Remillard (historical)4.0 miles27
Elliot (historical)4.6 miles27

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 DoughertyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5301099The 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 1655979. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.