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Jewell, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94938. It stands on Devils Gulch Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Geronimo quadrangle. It stands 79 feet above sea level.

Jewell within Marin County

Then and now

1914 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jewell, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Jewell, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Jewell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 314 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 was 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreRANDALL
3 September 1994Smokingunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreSKIDPAN
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresPoint Reyes National SeashoreSHORELINE
22 September 1999Naturalunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreHAGGERTY
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.2 acresPoint Reyes National SeashoreDRAKE 2
20 September 1993Power generation/transmission/distribution52 acresGolden Gate National Recreation AreaGENAZZI
10 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use151 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaWHITEGATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Jewell: 14 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Copper, Tungsten. 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
Black MountainStoneOccurrence
Fort BakerManganese, GoldOccurrencePsilomelane
Heaton's FlatGold, SilverPast Producer
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery Quarry.Stone, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Union GulchCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1863
Union GulchCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Unnamed LocationGemstoneOccurrence
ClaimsMercuryOccurrence
ClaimsMercuryOccurrence
NorenTungstenOccurrence1950

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jewell in 2 storm reports in 2017: 2 debris flow. 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
February 2017Debris FlowJewell-Sir Francis Drake Blvd currently closed in both directions near Samuel P Taylor Park due to mudslide and large trees in the roadway.
April 2017Debris FlowJewell-Rock slide blocking all west bound lanes near Samuel Taylor Park.

Every storm recorded in Marin 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
Taylorville (historical)0.6 miles23
Tocaloma1.2 miles28
Irving (historical)1.8 miles23
Olema2.3 miles28
Five Brooks2.5 miles28
Lagunitas2.9 miles23
Shafter3.0 miles23
Nicasio3.0 miles23

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 JewellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14682512The 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 1658861. 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.