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Maine Prairie, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Dixon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95620. It stands on Maine Prairie Slough. The Survey maps it on the Dozier quadrangle.

Maine Prairie within Solano County

Then and now

1908 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Maine Prairie, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Maine Prairie, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Maine Prairie between 2006 and 2019, burning about 31 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
19 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use30 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
15 April 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 October 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Solano 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
Vale1.6 miles22
Bunker3.0 miles22
Dozier3.4 miles22
Olcott4.1 miles22
Binghamton4.5 miles22
Woodward6.1 miles23
Millar (historical)6.2 miles23
Five Points6.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252730. 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.