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Guadalcanal Village, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Vallejo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94592. It lies near Knight Island. The Survey maps it on the Mare Island quadrangle.

Guadalcanal Village within Solano County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Guadalcanal Village, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Guadalcanal Village, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

336 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 336 fires within 5 miles of Guadalcanal Village between 1993 and 2020, burning about 494 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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/undetermined251
Arson/incendiarism22
Smoking21
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Debris and open burning7
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
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitEUCALYTUS
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2005Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePixley National Wildlife RefugeSOSCOL
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Solano County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Guadalcanal Village: 3 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Limestone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Unnamed QuarriesLimestone, General, ClayProspectSedimentary
Napa River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationLimestone, Dimension, ClayOccurrence
Unnamed QuarriesLimestone, Dimension, ClayProspect
Napa Junction PlantStoneUnknown
Red Rock Quarry, Ltd.StoneUnknown
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Solano 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
Vallejo2.2 miles27
Flosden Acres2.5 miles29
Flosden (historical)2.9 miles29
Harry Floyd Terrace3.0 miles35
Chabot Terrace3.2 miles35
South Vallejo3.4 miles36
Carquinez Heights4.1 miles36
Sulphur Springs (historical)5.5 miles36

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 Q122564866The 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 1658686. 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.