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Marconi, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94940. The Survey maps it on the Tomales quadrangle. It stands 70 feet above sea level.

Marconi within Marin County

Then and now

1916 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Marconi, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Marconi, surveyed 1916

Compare 1916 against another survey:

On record in Marconi

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

24 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Marconi between 1995 and 2020, burning about 12,362 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitTUCKER
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
11 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashorePIERCE
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreWHITEGATE
23 August 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreCYPRUS
20 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreHUT
8 July 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreH RANCH
7 July 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresPoint Reyes National SeashorePELICAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Marconi: 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
BenderTungstenOccurrence
Bender Dell BenderTungstenOccurrence1950
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Borello QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Reynolds0.4 miles29
Marshall1.4 miles29
Sacramento Landing1.5 miles29
Cypress Grove1.9 miles29
Lairds Landing2.1 miles29
Seahaven2.3 miles28
Millerton3.0 miles28
Inverness3.2 miles28

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 MarconiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6757776The 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 1659056. 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.