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Hacienda Carmel, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Carmel-by-the-Sea census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93923. It lies near Martin Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Monterey quadrangle.

Hacienda Carmel within Monterey County

Then and now

1913 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hacienda Carmel, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Hacienda Carmel, surveyed 1913

Compare 1913 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

326 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 326 fires within 5 miles of Hacienda Carmel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,921 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined165
Equipment and vehicle use63
Smoking27
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Arson/incendiarism17
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning8
Natural7

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMORSE
8 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictEQUESTRIAN
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1835
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitSAN CARLOS
6 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitMEADOWS
6 September 2002Smoking1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitPANETTA
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Hacienda Carmel: 22 past producers, 15 producers, 2 prospects. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Slate, Dimension. 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
Santa Lucia Quarries, Ltd.FlagstonePast Producer
SierraFlagstonePast Producer
Work Ranch DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Work Ranch DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Carmel Stone Quarry-AnthonyStone, DimensionPast Producer
Carmel Stone Quarry-PassadoriStone, DimensionPast Producer
MachadoSlate, DimensionPast Producer
MeadowsSlate, DimensionPast Producer
Stewart QuarrySlate, DimensionPast Producer
Whaler's CoveStone, DimensionPast Producer

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
Quail Meadows0.6 miles30
Carmel-by-the-Sea2.7 miles31
Carmel Valley Manor2.8 miles30
Carmel Woods3.1 miles31
Carmel Highlands3.6 miles31
Rancho Tierra Grande4.0 miles30
Pebble Beach4.1 miles31
Del Monte4.4 miles30

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 Q122568866The 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 1873567. 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.