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Fort Ord Village, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Seaside-Monterey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93955. The Survey maps it on the Seaside quadrangle. It stands 121 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fort Ord Village within Monterey County

Then and now

1913 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fort Ord Village (historical), surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Fort Ord Village (historical), surveyed 1913

Compare 1913 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Fort Ord Village (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,196 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined62
Smoking26
Equipment and vehicle use22
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning4
Natural4
Firearms and explosives use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCARPENTER
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMATHESON
3 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use12 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitJOSSELYN CANYON RD CYPRE
29 September 2009Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitAGUAJITO RD CYPRESS
27 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionJOSSELYN
26 September 1992Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitVIEJO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Fort Ord Village (historical): 8 past producers, 7 producers, 5 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Diatomite. 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
Monterey Mission TileClayProspectSedimentary
Monterey Mission TileClayPast Producer
Work Ranch DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Work Ranch DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Atkinson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
David AvenueStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Del Monte Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jefferson Street QuarryStoneProducer
Jefferson Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ruthyen PitStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Monterey 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
Del Monte Heights0.8 miles30
Sand City0.8 miles30
Seaside1.0 miles30
Del Rey Oaks2.1 miles30
Del Monte2.4 miles30
Cannery Row3.4 miles31
Monterey3.6 miles31
New Monterey3.6 miles31

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 Fort Ord Village (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5471781The 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 1693207. 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.