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Mankas Corner, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fairfield-Suisun City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94534. It stands on Gordon Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairfield North quadrangle. It stands 128 feet above sea level.

Mankas Corner within Solano 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 Mankas Corner, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Mankas Corner, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

158 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Mankas Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,252 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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/undetermined69
Equipment and vehicle use40
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Firearms and explosives 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
9 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use66 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCATTLE
4 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitROCKVILLE PARK
28 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSTONEFIELD 3
26 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGORDON VALLEY RD GORDON_
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTWIN
23 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBLUE
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Solano County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mankas Corner: 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Tolenas SpringsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Cordelia QuarryStoneProducer
Nelson Hill QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStoneUnknown

Every working 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
Willota2.9 miles34
Rockville3.0 miles34
Suval3.1 miles34
Clima3.2 miles34
Chadbourne3.2 miles34
Danielson3.3 miles34
Russell3.3 miles34
Green Valley3.7 miles25

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.

Wikipedia article on Mankas CornerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14683252The 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 228016. 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.