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.
Then and now
1917 to 1978The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1917 USGS Morgan Hill quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Morgan Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Morgan Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Mt. Sizer quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional 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 use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | 1-1 |
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 acres | Central California District | LICK |
| 29 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | ANDERSON |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | PARK |
| 17 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | WOODCHOPPER |
| 3 August 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | SWEEPER |
| 29 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Santa Clara Unit | E DUNNE AV / FROST RD |
| 26 August 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | COE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cochrane | Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Gilroy Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Pine Ridge | Manganese | Producer | Psilomelane | |
| Pine Ridge Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1917 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennant (historical) | 7.3 miles | 23 | |
| San Martin | 7.6 miles | 24 | |
| Morgan Hill | 7.9 miles | 22 | |
| Madrone | 8.5 miles | 22 | |
| Rucker | 8.8 miles | 24 | |
| Ashrama | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lonoke | 10.3 miles | 24 | |
| Perry | 10.3 miles | 22 |
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.








