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Five Brooks, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94956. It lies near Firtop. The Survey maps it on the Inverness quadrangle. It stands 194 feet above sea level.

Five Brooks within Marin County

Then and now

1916 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Five Brooks, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Five Brooks, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Five Brooks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,217 acres in total. 6 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1

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 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreRANDALL
3 September 1994Smokingunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreSKIDPAN
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresPoint Reyes National SeashoreSHORELINE
22 September 1999Naturalunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreHAGGERTY
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.2 acresPoint Reyes National SeashoreDRAKE 2
20 September 1993Power generation/transmission/distribution52 acresGolden Gate National Recreation AreaGENAZZI
18 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreTEIXERA
10 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use151 acresCalifornia 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 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Five Brooks: 6 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Black MountainStoneOccurrence
ClaimsMercuryUnknown
NorenTungstenUnknown
Union GulchCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1863
Unnamed LocationGemstoneOccurrence
Heaton's FlatGold, SilverPast Producer
RandallGold, SilverOccurrence
RandallSilver, GoldUnknown
Union GulchCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

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
Irving (historical)2.1 miles23
Taylorville (historical)2.1 miles23
Jewell2.5 miles23
Shafter2.6 miles23
Lagunitas3.0 miles23
Olema3.2 miles28
Tocaloma3.4 miles28
Forest Knolls3.8 miles23

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.

Wikidata item Q5455843The 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 1658542. 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.