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Luzon, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the West Contra Costa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94572. The Survey maps it on the Mare Island quadrangle. It stands 95 feet above sea level.

Luzon within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Luzon, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Luzon, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

391 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 391 fires within 5 miles of Luzon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,785 acres in total. None started naturally. 71 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/undetermined237
Arson/incendiarism71
Equipment and vehicle use40
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitFOUR
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSanta Clara UnitPG&E ALHAMBRA
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
6 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution18 acresSanta Clara UnitBRICKYARD
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitHWY 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Luzon: 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Diatomite, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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
McnearsStone, DimensionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
McnearsStonePast Producer
PinoleDiatomiteProspect
Pinole Dohrman, PawseyDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Port Costa Clay Products Co.StoneOccurrence
DiabloStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
DiabloStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Main Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Port Costa Shale QuarrysStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Contra Costa 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
Herpoco1.1 miles27
Rodeo1.5 miles27
Bayo Vista1.6 miles27
Hercules2.0 miles27
Oleum2.1 miles36
Tormey2.5 miles36
Christie2.5 miles36
Pinole2.6 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.

Wikidata item Q6706620The 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 1659027. 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.