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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.

Harlem within Monterey County

Then and now

1915 to 1982

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Harlem, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Harlem, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

226 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined122
Equipment and vehicle use42
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Debris and open burning15
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking2
Natural1

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 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMETZ RD SOLEDAD_CITY
8 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitENCINAL
6 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitSOLEDAD HIGH SCHOOL SOLED
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMISSION WY SOLEDAD_CITY
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitARROYO
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitGOMEZ PL / SERRANO PL
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitMETZ RD SOLEDAD
30 September 2009Missing 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 Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Miner's Gulch AreaGoldProspect
Schmidt ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Chalome Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Metz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schmidt & Ortner ProspectTungstenOccurrence
Stonewall Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stonewall Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed ProspectTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Vancouver PinnaclesMolybdenumOccurrenceVein
Vancouver Pinnacles MolybdenumMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite

Every working recorded in Monterey 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
Metz3.8 miles26
Soledad4.2 miles20
Fort Romie4.9 miles20
Greenfield5.4 miles26
Camphora7.3 miles20
Molus8.8 miles22
Coburn9.3 miles26
Sycamore Flat11.8 miles21

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 Q5658491The 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.