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Farm Hills, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the San Mateo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94061. It lies near Eagle Hill. The Survey maps it on the Woodside quadrangle.

Farm Hills within San Mateo County

Then and now

1902 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Farm Hills, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Farm Hills, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 37 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

272 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of Farm Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined145
Equipment and vehicle use48
Arson/incendiarism22
Smoking17
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning4
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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionNB HWY 280 / EDGEWOOD OF
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitTUNITAS
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitKINGS MOUNTAIN
6 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitALPINE
6 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitEDGEWOOD
6 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitOYSTER POINT
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPIPE
5 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCONTROL BURN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Farm Hills: 20 past producers, 20 producers, 4 unknowns. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Mercury, Gold. 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
Ideal Cement CompanyLimestone, General, ClayProducer
J. M. MacdonoughGold, Lead, SilverUnknown
J.M. Macdonough RanchGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerGold
Redwood City OperationHaliteProducer
Granite RockSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Granite RockSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kaiser GypsumGypsum-AnhydriteProducerSedimentary
Kaiser GypsumGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Redwood City OperationSaltPast Producer
Redwood City PlantSaltProducer

Every working recorded in San Mateo 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
Emerald Lake0.8 miles37
Emerald Lake Hills0.9 miles37
Woodside Glens1.1 miles37
Palomar Park1.8 miles37
Woodside1.8 miles37
Adobe Corner2.2 miles37
Redwood City2.2 miles51
Redwood Junction2.3 miles51

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1786178. 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.