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Komandorski Village, 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 94568. It lies near San Ramon Valley. The Survey maps it on the Dublin quadrangle. It stands 371 feet above sea level.

Komandorski Village 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 Komandorski Village, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Komandorski Village, 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

194 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Komandorski Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 837 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined130
Equipment and vehicle use29
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking10
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1
Natural1

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 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitDUBLIN
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSanta Clara UnitTASSAJARA
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitMANNING
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Komandorski Village: 8 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silver. 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
Bezley QuarrySilverProducer
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Central Maintenance Heavy Equip ShpSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eliot Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
H.J. Kaiser Co. Radum PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
H.J. Kaiser Co. Radum PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
PicardSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working 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
Dougherty0.3 miles31
San Ramon Village1.2 miles31
Dublin1.7 miles31
Asco (historical)3.0 miles27
Radum (historical)4.1 miles27
Pleasanton4.1 miles27
Remillard (historical)4.3 miles27
Elliot (historical)4.8 miles27

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 Komandorski VillageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14682988The 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 1656118. 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.