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Halvern, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hayward census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94544. It lies near Oak Hill Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hayward quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

Halvern within Alameda County

Then and now

1899 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Halvern, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Halvern, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 surveys from 36 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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Halvern between 1992 and 2020, burning about 373 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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/undetermined139
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking7
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor5

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
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitPIONEER
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named
27 September 2006Missing 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 Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Halvern: 16 producers, 9 past producers, 6 occurrences. 16 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
Oliver SaltSaltProducer
American Salt Co.HaliteProducer
Bellini QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
East Bay Excavation CoStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oliver Bros. Salt Co.HaliteProducer
Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Kraftile Clay PitClayProducer
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence

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
Carpenter0.9 miles37
Sorenson1.6 miles36
Baumberg2.6 miles37
Mount Eden2.6 miles36
Union City2.7 miles37
Hall Station2.7 miles37
Hayward3.4 miles36
Fairview3.7 miles36

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 Q5643745The 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 1682699. 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.