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Kilkare Woods, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Livermore-Pleasanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94586. It lies near Sunol Peak. The Survey maps it on the Dublin quadrangle. It stands 827 feet above sea level.

Kilkare Woods within Alameda County

Then and now

1906 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kilkare Woods, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Kilkare Woods, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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

284 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 284 fires within 5 miles of Kilkare Woods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,131 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined170
Equipment and vehicle use66
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2014Smokingunder an acreSanta Clara UnitPLEASANTON SUNOL RD / VER
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unit84
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitWINERY
9 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitPG&E #5
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitTHE BOAT
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSanta Clara UnitLOVELAND
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictPGE 5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Kilkare Woods: 16 past producers, 15 producers, 8 occurrences. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
Pleasanton DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Pleasonton DepositLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
UnknownStoneOccurrenceGravel
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Bellini QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Homestead DepositManganeseOccurrence
Isler MountainManganeseOccurrence
Mission Pass QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mt. Hamilton DepositManganeseOccurrence
Niles Canyon Road PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Alameda County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kilkare Woods in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 3 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 2023FloodKilkare Woods$10CHP reported roadway flooding at the Sunol Boulevard exit off Interstate 680.
February 2017Flash FloodKilkare Woods-Stream gauge on the Arroyo de la Laguna at Verona exceeded flood stage between 6:30 pm and 10 pm on February 20.
February 2017FloodKilkare Woods-Water and mud running across roadway 2000 Kilkare Rd.
February 2017FloodKilkare Woods-Vehicle in water with passengers on top of vehicle awaiting rescue.

Every storm recorded in Alameda 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
Verona1.6 miles31
Brightside2.1 miles26
Sunol2.7 miles26
Farwell2.7 miles26
Pleasanton3.1 miles27
Dresser3.4 miles26
Scotts Corner3.5 miles28
Merienda (historical)3.8 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 Kilkare WoodsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2227701The 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 1656110. 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.