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Evergreen, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the San Jose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95135. It stands on Fowler Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Jose East quadrangle.

Evergreen within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1889 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Evergreen, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Evergreen, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Evergreen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 630 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined45
Equipment and vehicle use21
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 1992Smokingunder an acreSanta Clara UnitQUIMBY
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSanta Clara UnitPG&E / METCALF #1
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSanta Clara UnitABORN
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionQUIMBY
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresSanta Clara UnitSOTO
2 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSanta Clara UnitROCKET
11 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use28 acresSanta Clara UnitHALL
31 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use12 acresSanta Clara UnitRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Evergreen: 17 past producers, 7 producers, 5 prospects, 4 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Azevado QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Bradford RanchMagnesiteProducer
Bradford RanchMagnesitePast Producer
SmithChromiumProducer
SmithChromiumProspect
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence
Gladding Bros. Mfg. Co.ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Gladding Bros. Mfg. Co.ClayPast Producer
Remillard-Dandini Co.ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Remillard-Dandini Co.ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Clara County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evergreen in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 2 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
December 2014Heavy RainEvergreen$25,000Heavy rainfall resulted in the partial roof collapse of a Grocery Store in San Jose.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindEvergreen$10Three inch tree limbs were broken, and power lines were downed.
April 2020HailEvergreen-MPING report shows dime sized hail near San Jose.
January 2020FloodEvergreen-Roadway flooding at US-101 S and Hellyer Ave on ramp, vehicles hydroplaning.
January 2018FloodEvergreen-Roadway flooding NB Hwy 101 and Capitol Expressway off ramp.

Every storm recorded in Santa Clara 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
Seven Trees3.3 miles27
Edenvale3.6 miles27
Lick3.6 miles27
Communications Hill4.1 miles27
Alum Rock4.5 miles27
Pomar (historical)4.7 miles22
East Foothills5.2 miles32
Willow Glen5.6 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658517. 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.