Fairway Park, California
43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the South San Francisco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94044. It lies near Calera Valley. The Survey maps it on the Montara Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1892 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
21 surveys from 43 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1892 USGS San Mateo quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS San Mateo quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS San Mateo quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1915 USGS San Mateo quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS San Mateo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS San Mateo quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Montara Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Montara Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Montara Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Montara Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
216 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Fairway Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 802 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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/undetermined | 126 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BRUNO |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | CHESTNUT 2 |
| 7 September 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | A1 |
| 7 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Fairway Park: 9 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacifica Quarry and Mill | Stone | Producer | ||
| South San Fran. Land & Imp. Co. | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Producer | ||
| South San Fran. Land & Imp. Co. | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Location | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Brumley-Donaldson Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Calif. Aggregates | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Marks Materials Inc. | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pilarcitos Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacifica | 0.5 miles | 43 | |
| Vallemar | 0.6 miles | 43 | |
| Rockaway Beach | 0.9 miles | 43 | |
| Sharp Park | 1.1 miles | 43 | |
| Linda Mar | 1.8 miles | 43 | |
| Pedro Valley | 2.0 miles | 43 | |
| Pacific Manor | 2.0 miles | 43 | |
| Shelter Cove | 2.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1785802. 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.




















