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Dunneville, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Hollister census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95023. It stands on Santa Ana Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Felipe quadrangle. It stands 190 feet above sea level.

Dunneville within San Benito County

Then and now

1919 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dunneville, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Dunneville, surveyed 1919

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

299 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 299 fires within 5 miles of Dunneville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,497 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use129
Missing data/not specified/undetermined94
Debris and open burning33
Smoking19
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSanta Clara UnitOCONNEL
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLOVERS
7 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitSHORE RD / BOLSA RD
7 September 2004Smokingunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003662
7 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitKONKLE
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresSanta Clara UnitCEDAR
5 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitTEQUISQUITA
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Benito County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dunneville: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Forty-Four MinesGoldPast Producer
Bolsa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Benito 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
Hudner3.5 miles24
Cottage Corners4.9 miles26
Duri (historical)5.1 miles26
Fep (historical)5.2 miles29
Hollister6.1 miles26
Morse8.3 miles26
Ridgemark9.1 miles24
San Juan Bautista9.4 miles25

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 DunnevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5315589The 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 222739. 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.