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Freeport, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sacramento census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95832. It stands on Morrison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarksburg quadrangle.

Freeport within Sacramento County

Then and now

1908 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Freeport, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Freeport, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

68 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Freeport between 2005 and 2019, burning about 77 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined50
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
2 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Freeport: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Calcium. 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
Clarksburg PlantCalciumProducer
Sacramento Brick Co.ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Sacramento Brick Co.ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sacramento 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
Pollock2.6 miles22
Laguna West3.0 miles22
Parkway3.3 miles22
Cordova3.6 miles32
Riverside4.1 miles23
South Sacramento4.1 miles32
Laguna5.0 miles22
Fruitridge Manor5.4 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656034. 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.