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Jolon, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the San Ardo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93930. It stands on Murry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jolon quadrangle. It stands 971 feet above sea level.

Jolon within Monterey County

Then and now

1919 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jolon, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Jolon, surveyed 1919

On record in Jolon

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 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

53 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Jolon between 1993 and 2020, burning about 9,406 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitYASUTAKE
24 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitKELSE
11 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionJOLON
10 September 2010Smoking2.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCROSS
8 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitSANDERS #2
30 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitLOCKWOOD JOLON RD / MARTI
30 August 1998Debris and open burning35 acresCentral California DistrictCHILI
30 August 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitEVERETT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jolon: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Ruby PlacerGoldProspect
U.S. Army PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Martinus Corner3.7 miles25
Hunter-Liggett4.3 miles25
Lockwood5.3 miles25
Sans (historical)8.7 miles32
Pleyto (historical)12.1 miles24
Bryson12.2 miles27
Pleyto12.3 miles24
San Lucas13.7 miles24

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 JolonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3478196The 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 274725. 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.