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Highland Park, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sacramento census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95818. It lies near Whisky Hill. The Survey maps it on the Sacramento East quadrangle.

Highland Park within Sacramento County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Highland Park, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Highland Park, surveyed 1891

On record in Highland Park

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 9 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

198 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Highland Park between 1999 and 2019, burning about 638 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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/undetermined153
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Debris and open burning4

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 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2009Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Highland Park: 15 past producers, 6 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold. 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
Perkins PitSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldOccurrence
Sacramento Gold PlacerGoldOccurrence
Harrison FaitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Harrison FaitClayPast Producer
Sacramento Brick Co.ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Sacramento Brick Co.ClayPast Producer
American River DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fairbairn Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Granite Construction CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hard MaterialsSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sacramento 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
Oak Park1.0 miles32
Sacramento1.7 miles32
East Sacramento2.3 miles32
Elvas2.8 miles32
Riverside3.2 miles23
Fruitridge Manor3.3 miles32
Cordova3.4 miles32
South Sacramento3.7 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666292. 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.