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El Campo, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southeast Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94920. It lies near Blackies Pasture. The Survey maps it on the San Quentin quadrangle. It stands 56 feet above sea level.

El Campo within Marin 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 El Campo, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of El Campo, surveyed 1895

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

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of El Campo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 395 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined67
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony11
Arson/incendiarism7
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaALTA
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 1993Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresGolden Gate National Recreation AreaTV#1
23 September 2010Missing 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 Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of El Campo: 13 occurrences, 10 producers, 4 unknowns, 3 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Blake Brothers San PabloStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand
Copperopolis MineAsbestosProducerChrysotile
Fort BakerGold, ManganeseOccurrence1914
Lime PointGemstoneOccurrence1935
Tiburon Ridge FlagstoneStone, Stone, DimensionOccurrence
Angel Island DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blake Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
GreenbraeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Remillard Brick Co.ClayOccurrence
Remillard Brick CompanyClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marin 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
Hilarita1.0 miles39
Little Reed Heights1.1 miles39
Paradise Cay1.2 miles39
Belvedere Island1.5 miles39
Belvedere1.7 miles39
Tiburon1.7 miles39
Bel Aire1.8 miles39
Reed1.9 miles41

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 El CampoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5350903The 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 1658481. 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.