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Hale Place, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Russian River-Sonoma Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95421. It lies near Mission Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cazadero quadrangle.

Hale Place within Sonoma County

Then and now

1921 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hale Place, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Hale Place, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

335 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 335 fires within 5 miles of Hale Place between 1992 and 2019, burning about 181 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined147
Equipment and vehicle use49
Debris and open burning46
Recreation and ceremony24
Arson/incendiarism23
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Smoking10
Natural4
Other causes1

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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionVISTA
8 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitONE SIXTEEN
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitNEIDEAU
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARMSTRONG
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRIO NIDO#1
7 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRIVERSIDE DR GUERNEVIL 4
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSWEETWATER SPRINGS RD / M
6 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARMSTRONG, CDF TAC 6 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Hale Place: 12 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite, Copper. 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
Altamont Copper GroupMercury, CopperOccurrence
Austin Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
AltamontCopperOccurrence
AltamontCopper, MercuryUnknown
Clar QuarryStoneUnknown
Guerneville Mine & MillStoneProducer
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectChromiumUnknown
Bohan & CanelisSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Meaker RanchMagnesiteUnknown

Every working recorded in Sonoma 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
Monte Rosa0.6 miles18
Guernewood Park1.5 miles16
Guernewood1.6 miles16
Vacation Beach1.8 miles16
Montesano1.8 miles16
Camp Thayer1.9 miles16
Guerneville2.2 miles23
Edendale2.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656056. 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.