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Halley, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Patterson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95385. The Survey maps it on the Westley quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Halley within Stanislaus County

Then and now

1915 to 1999

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 Halley (historical), surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Halley (historical), surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

165 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Halley (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,272 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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/undetermined69
Equipment and vehicle use59
Recreation and ceremony20
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitINGRAM
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCREEK
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitHAYWORTH
4 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitGONG
29 September 1999Smokingunder an acreSanta Clara UnitHAMILTON
27 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Joaquin River National Wildlife RefugeAG ROAD
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined900 acresSanta Clara UnitMODESTO ENERGY #2
26 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitINGRAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stanislaus County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Halley (historical): 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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
Hamilton EstateStone, DimensionOccurrence
Ideal Cement Co. Pacific Portland Cement Co.Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Stanislaus 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
Solyo1.3 miles22
Ohm2.9 miles20
Westley4.1 miles20
Grayson4.2 miles20
Tuolumne City (historical)6.2 miles20
Vanormer (historical)8.5 miles19
Riverdale Park10.5 miles19
Patterson10.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1702960. 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.