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Fontenay Villa, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Santa Cruz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95065. It lies near Mount Roberta. The Survey maps it on the Laurel quadrangle.

Fontenay Villa within Santa Cruz County

Then and now

1916 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fontenay Villa, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Fontenay Villa, surveyed 1916

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Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

477 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 477 fires within 5 miles of Fontenay Villa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,613 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined197
Equipment and vehicle use138
Debris and open burning49
Arson/incendiarism25
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Recreation and ceremony14
Smoking11
Other causes4
Natural2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHERMON
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitBACHE
9 September 2013Smokingunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCREEKSIDE AV ZAYANTE
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitP.G.&E.#14
8 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitLAKE
8 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBURTIS
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitE. ZAYANTE
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitSUMMIT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Fontenay Villa: 9 past producers, 7 producers, 6 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, 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
Central Supply CoFlagstoneUnknown
Jb KingClayUnknown
Unnamed LocationClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Bachellor Ranch QuarryGraniteOccurrence
Decomposed Granite PitGraniteOccurrence
Decomposed Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Felton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Olive Springs QuarryGraniteProducer
Pacific Cement and Aggregates IncSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryGraniteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Magnetic Spring (historical)0.9 miles24
Bethany Park1.1 miles24
Clems (historical)1.7 miles24
Glenwood2.0 miles24
Redwood Lodge2.4 miles24
Laurel2.5 miles24
Highland (historical)2.8 miles24
Scotts Valley3.0 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1670831. 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.