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Hall Station, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Fremont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94587. It stands on Crandall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newark quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.

Hall Station within Alameda County

Then and now

1899 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hall Station, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Hall Station, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 surveys from 37 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

240 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Hall Station between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,120 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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/undetermined174
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitPIONEER
29 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresDon Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife RefugeMAYHEWS LANDING FIRE
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named
27 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Hall Station: 24 past producers, 19 producers, 4 occurrences. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, 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
InterpaceFire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, SilicaProducer
Taylor and PitcherManganese, Salt, SilicaPast Producer
Leslie Salt CoSaltProducer
Morton Salt Co.HaliteProducer
Oliver Bros. Salt Co.HaliteProducer
Oliver SaltSaltProducer
Bellini QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dumbarton MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
East Bay Excavation CoStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Carpenter2.1 miles37
Union City2.5 miles37
Halvern2.7 miles36
Baumberg3.0 miles37
Pabrico3.1 miles37
Mattos3.8 miles37
Mount Eden3.9 miles36
Eberly3.9 miles26

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 Q5642640The 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 1658698. 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.