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Forest Hill, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Sunset census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94116. It lies near Mount Davidson. The Survey maps it on the San Francisco South quadrangle.

Forest Hill within San Francisco County

Then and now

1892 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Forest Hill, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Forest Hill, surveyed 1892

On record in Forest Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

22 surveys from 43 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

385 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 385 fires within 5 miles of Forest Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 816 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined192
Recreation and ceremony56
Misuse of fire by a minor44
Smoking42
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2009Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaDOYLE5
8 September 2009Smoking200 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaHWY 1 VEG
7 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaSUTRO
6 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Francisco County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Forest Hill: 9 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mining Claim Loc. Quicksilver Fnd.MercuryProspect
Unnamed LocationGypsum-AnhydriteProducerSedimentary
Unnamed LocationGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed OccurrenceMercuryOccurrence1892
Black MountainGoldPast Producer
Black Mtn.GoldPast ProducerGold
Brisbane QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in San Francisco 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
Forest Knolls0.5 miles39
Golden Gate Heights0.6 miles39
Sherwood Forest0.7 miles43
West Portal0.8 miles43
Saint Francis Wood0.9 miles43
Diamond Heights Village1.2 miles43
Merced Manor1.2 miles43
Park View Commons1.4 miles39

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655385. 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.