Duri, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Hollister census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95023. The Survey maps it on the Hollister quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Duri within San Benito County

Then and now

1919 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Duri (historical), surveyed 1995

Topographic sheet of Duri (historical), surveyed 1919

Compare 1919 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 26 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.

1919 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:48000
1921 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1923 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500
1940 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1995 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

430 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 430 fires within 5 miles of Duri (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,489 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 use	166
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	128
Debris and open burning	56
Misuse of fire by a minor	33
Smoking	21
Arson/incendiarism	19
Recreation and ceremony	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Other causes	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	San Benito-Monterey Unit	TREE
9 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	San Benito-Monterey Unit	TREVIS
8 September 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	San Benito-Monterey Unit	LONETREE
7 September 2004	Smoking	under an acre	San Benito-Monterey Unit	CABEU003662
7 September 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	San Benito-Monterey Unit	VANGERPEN
6 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	San Benito-Monterey Unit	SAN JUAN
6 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	San Benito-Monterey Unit	PG&E #15
5 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	San Benito-Monterey Unit	TEQUISQUITA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Benito County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Duri (historical): 7 past producers, 7 producers, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Berbich Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Bixby Lane Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Bolsa Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dooley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Hollister Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Hollister Pit and Mill. Plant No 12	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hollister San Benito Sand Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cottage Corners	0.6 miles	26
Hollister	1.0 miles	26
Hudner	3.2 miles	24
Ridgemark	4.4 miles	24
Morse	4.8 miles	26
Dunneville	5.1 miles	24
San Juan Bautista	6.9 miles	25
Tres Pinos	7.1 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1670476. 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.