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.
Then and now
1914 to 1983The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1914 USGS Petaluma quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Petaluma quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Petaluma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS San Geronimo quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Napa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional 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/distribution | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | RANDALL |
| 3 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | SKIDPAN |
| 26 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Point Reyes National Seashore | SHORELINE |
| 22 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | HAGGERTY |
| 21 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.2 acres | Point Reyes National Seashore | DRAKE 2 |
| 20 September 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 52 acres | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | GENAZZI |
| 10 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 151 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | WHITEGATE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Fort Baker | Manganese, Gold | Occurrence | Psilomelane | |
| Heaton's Flat | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Tamalpais Cemetery Quarry. | Stone, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Union Gulch | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1863 | |
| Union Gulch | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Claims | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Claims | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Noren | Tungsten | Occurrence | 1950 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Debris Flow | Jewell | - | Sir Francis Drake Blvd currently closed in both directions near Samuel P Taylor Park due to mudslide and large trees in the roadway. |
| April 2017 | Debris Flow | Jewell | - | Rock slide blocking all west bound lanes near Samuel Taylor Park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylorville (historical) | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Tocaloma | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Irving (historical) | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Olema | 2.3 miles | 28 | |
| Five Brooks | 2.5 miles | 28 | |
| Lagunitas | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Shafter | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Nicasio | 3.0 miles | 23 |
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 Jewell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14682512 | 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 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.









