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Madrone Soda Springs, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Diablo Range census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95037. It lies near Sycamore Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mount Sizer quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Madrone Soda Springs within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1917 to 1978

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 Madrone Soda Springs (historical), surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Madrone Soda Springs (historical), surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Madrone Soda Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48,305 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSanta Clara Unit1-1
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremony47,760 acresCentral California DistrictLICK
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSanta Clara UnitANDERSON
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPARK
17 September 1999Smokingunder an acreSanta Clara UnitWOODCHOPPER
3 August 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSanta Clara UnitSWEEPER
29 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSanta Clara UnitE DUNNE AV / FROST RD
26 August 2003Natural2.0 acresSanta Clara UnitCOE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Madrone Soda Springs (historical): 1 prospect, 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Magnesite, Geothermal. 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
CochraneMagnesiteProspect
Gilroy Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Pine RidgeManganeseProducerPsilomelane
Pine Ridge MineManganesePast Producer1917

Every working recorded in Santa Clara 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
Tennant (historical)7.3 miles23
San Martin7.6 miles24
Morgan Hill7.9 miles22
Madrone8.5 miles22
Rucker8.8 miles24
Ashrama10.0 miles16
Lonoke10.3 miles24
Perry10.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1670281. 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.