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Mailliard, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94973. It lies near White Hill. The Survey maps it on the San Geronimo quadrangle. It stands 436 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mailliard within Marin County

Then and now

1914 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mailliard (historical), surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Mailliard (historical), surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

52 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Mailliard (historical) between 2000 and 2020, burning about 296 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2

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
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
26 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
21 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
2 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
17 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
16 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Mailliard (historical): 8 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Gold, Gemstone. 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
Highway 20 SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maillard RanchChromiumOccurrence
McKinnan GulchCopper, LeadOccurrenceVein
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery QuarryStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Pike GulchCopperOccurrenceVein
Unnamed LocationGemstoneOccurrence
Maillard RanchManganeseOccurrence
Maillard RanchManganeseOccurrence
San GeronimoGoldOccurrence
San GeronimoGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Marin 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
Woodacre0.7 miles23
Bothin (historical)0.8 miles24
San Geronimo1.6 miles23
Manor2.5 miles41
Sleepy Hollow2.6 miles24
Fairfax2.7 miles41
Forest Knolls2.9 miles23
Lagunitas3.6 miles23

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 Q6735812The 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 1702857. 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.