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Eberly, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Fremont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94536. The Survey maps it on the Niles quadrangle.

Eberly 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 Eberly, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Eberly, surveyed 1906

On record in Eberly

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

12 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.

Fires near this place

411 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 411 fires within 5 miles of Eberly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,340 acres in total. None started naturally. 44 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/undetermined286
Arson/incendiarism44
Equipment and vehicle use37
Smoking17
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony6

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unit84
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitPIONEER
29 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 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 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Eberly: 24 producers, 23 past producers, 5 occurrences. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
InterpaceFire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, SilicaProducer
Morton Salt Co.HaliteProducer
Taylor and PitcherManganese, Salt, SilicaPast Producer
Durham PitStoneProducer
Leslie Salt CoSaltProducer
Newark Evaporation PondsSaltProducer
Oliver SaltSaltProducer
UnknownStoneOccurrenceGravel
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Bellini QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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
Shinn0.7 miles26
Niles District0.9 miles26
Pabrico1.0 miles37
Niles Junction1.2 miles26
Centerville District1.3 miles26
Fremont1.7 miles26
Merienda (historical)2.0 miles26
Union City2.1 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658468. 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.