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Idria, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the San Benito-Bitterwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95043. It stands on Idria Peak. The Survey maps it on the Idria quadrangle. It stands 2,648 feet above sea level.

Idria within San Benito County

Then and now

1915 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Idria, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Idria, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Idria between 1994 and 2018, burning about 120 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined4
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
4 August 2012Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictPACHECO
23 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCLEAR CREEK RECREATION AR
18 August 2007Arson/incendiarism15 acresCentral California DistrictSAN BENITO
30 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitADOBE
29 July 2010Arson/incendiarism20 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitIDRIA
23 July 2006Natural5.0 acresCentral California DistrictCABEU002676
2 May 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictCLEAR
30 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitMARTIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Benito County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 71 workings within 5 miles of Idria: 27 past producers, 22 occurrences, 13 producers, 5 prospects. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Chromium, Asbestos, Magnesite. 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
Bobcat A, & Alta Anchor ClaimsChromium, IronPast Producer1954
New Idria DistrictMercury, Magnesium Compounds, Chromium, GemstoneProducer1853, 1854
Nickel Magnesium GroupNickelOccurrence
Reported Collection AreaGemstoneOccurrence
Reported OccurrenceIronOccurrence
Silver Creek DepositGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Ashurst Ranch PitBentonitePast Producer
Wilbur Ellis Co. Bentonite DepositBentoniteUnknown
New IdriaAsbestosProducer1957
Sampson Magnesite MineMagnesiteProducer

Every working recorded in San Benito County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Idria in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2019Heavy RainIdria-Mesonet station in Santa Rita recorded 0.41 inches of rain. Timing is estimated.

Every storm recorded in San Benito 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
Panoche15.0 miles20
Bitterwater17.6 miles23
Llanada18.5 miles19
San Benito22.5 miles20
Pinnacles26.2 miles24
Paicines38.6 miles21
Tres Pinos42.9 miles24
Vineyard (historical)44.2 miles26

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.

Wikipedia article on IdriaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3475543The 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 1660786. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.