Harlem, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Greenfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93960. It lies near Shirttail Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Soledad quadrangle. It stands 230 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS Soledad quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Soledad quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Soledad quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Point Sur quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
226 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Harlem between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,864 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined | 122 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | METZ RD SOLEDAD_CITY |
| 8 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | ENCINAL |
| 6 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | SOLEDAD HIGH SCHOOL SOLED |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MISSION WY SOLEDAD_CITY |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | ARROYO |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | GOMEZ PL / SERRANO PL |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | METZ RD SOLEDAD |
| 30 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Harlem: 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miner's Gulch Area | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Schmidt Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Chalome Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Metz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Schmidt & Ortner Prospect | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Stonewall Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Stonewall Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Vancouver Pinnacles | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Vancouver Pinnacles Molybdenum | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metz | 3.8 miles | 26 | |
| Soledad | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Fort Romie | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Greenfield | 5.4 miles | 26 | |
| Camphora | 7.3 miles | 20 | |
| Molus | 8.8 miles | 22 | |
| Coburn | 9.3 miles | 26 | |
| Sycamore Flat | 11.8 miles | 21 |
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 Q5658491 | The 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 1660721. 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.









