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Fallon, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94952. It stands on Stemple Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valley Ford quadrangle. It stands 75 feet above sea level.

Fallon within Marin County

Then and now

1935 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fallon, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Fallon, surveyed 1935

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Fallon between 1992 and 2019, burning about 195 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 use21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHWY 1 JENNER
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY, CDF TAC 6 4
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGHWAY 1
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitVALLEY FORD RD BLOOMFI 4
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionROBLAR RD BLOOMFIELD
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitROBLAR
3 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSNAKE
28 September 2018Missing 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Fallon: 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dillon Beach PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Martinoni QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tomales PointGoldOccurrenceBeach Placer
Unnamed ProspectGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fallon in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 flood. 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
April 2018FloodFallon-Roadway flooding reported at SR-1 and Fallon Road.

Every storm 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
Tomales2.0 miles29
Dillon Beach3.6 miles18
Ocean Roar4.2 miles29
Vincent Landing4.3 miles29
Hamlet4.7 miles29
Nicks Cove5.2 miles29
Blakes Landing5.6 miles29
McDonald6.0 miles29

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 FallonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5432404The 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 1658524. 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.