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Greenville, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Livermore-Pleasanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94551. The Survey maps it on the Altamont quadrangle. It stands 584 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.

Greenville within Alameda County

Then and now

1907 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Greenville (historical), surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Greenville (historical), surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 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

608 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 608 fires within 5 miles of Greenville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,289 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined296
Equipment and vehicle use239
Arson/incendiarism30
Smoking15
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural2
Fireworks1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSCHOOL
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSanta Clara UnitFLYNN
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSanta Clara UnitFISH NET
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
8 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSanta Clara UnitEGALE
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Greenville (historical): 6 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Silver, Limestone, General. 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
Collins DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Collins DepositNitrogen-NitratesOccurrence
San Joaquin 7 MineManganese, SilicaProspect
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Vasco Road PitSilverProducer
Dyer ProspectManganeseOccurrenceResidual
Dyer ProspectManganeseOccurrence1942
Unnamed LocationManganeseOccurrence
Buranis Bros. & Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Buranis Bros. & Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Alameda 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
Ulmar1.5 miles26
Altamont2.5 miles26
Trevarno3.3 miles26
Livermore4.5 miles27
Midway7.5 miles25
East Pleasanton7.6 miles27
Elliot (historical)8.1 miles27
Remillard (historical)8.8 miles27

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 Q5604634The 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 1670276. 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.