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Haight-Ashbury, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Western Addition-Buena Vista-Eureka Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94117. It lies near Mount Olympus. The Survey maps it on the San Francisco North quadrangle.

Haight-Ashbury within San Francisco County

Then and now

1895 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Haight-Ashbury, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Haight-Ashbury, surveyed 1895

On record in Haight-Ashbury

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 15 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in San Francisco County

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 39 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

373 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 373 fires within 5 miles of Haight-Ashbury between 1992 and 2020, burning about 699 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined178
Recreation and ceremony61
Smoking44
Misuse of fire by a minor41
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Fireworks8
Debris and open burning7
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaDOYLE5
8 September 2009Smoking200 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaHWY 1 VEG
7 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaSUTRO
6 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Francisco County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Haight-Ashbury: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Lime PointGemstoneOccurrence1935
Daly SStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Daly SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mining Claim Loc. Quicksilver Fnd.MercuryProspect
Unnamed OccurrenceMercuryOccurrence1892
Black MountainGoldPast Producer
Black Mtn.GoldPast ProducerGold
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Francisco 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
Park View Commons0.4 miles39
Loren Miller Homes0.5 miles39
Martin Luther King Square1.0 miles39
Marcus Garvey Square1.0 miles39
Amanico Ergina Village1.0 miles39
Friendship Village1.0 miles39
Western Addition1.1 miles39
Pacific Heights1.1 miles39

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655404. 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.