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Marin City, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Southeast Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94965. It lies near Oakwood Valley. The Survey maps it on the Point Bonita quadrangle. 2,993 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 23 feet above sea level.

Marin City within Marin County

Then and now

1897 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Marin City, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Marin City, surveyed 1897

On record in Marin City

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Marin City grew from 2,993 to 2,993 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,993
20202,9930 (0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 39 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

157 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Marin City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 398 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined66
Recreation and ceremony27
Smoking16
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism8
Fireworks6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning3
Other causes2

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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaLEACH
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaALTA
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaBONITA
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaLOG CABIN
24 September 1993Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresGolden Gate National Recreation AreaTV#1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Marin City: 7 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Stone, 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
Angel Island DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fort BakerGold, ManganeseOccurrence1914
Lime PointGemstoneOccurrence1935
Tiburon Ridge FlagstoneStone, Stone, DimensionOccurrence
Escalle QuarryStoneUnknown
Ft BakerStoneUnknown
Escalle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Marin Co.No.25ManganeseUnknown
Point BonitaStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Point Bonita Fort BarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this place

11 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marin City in 11 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 4 flood, 4 debris flow, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2014Debris FlowMarin City$1,000,000A significant mudslide occurred along Tennessee Valley Road.
February 2014Debris FlowMarin City$1,500Rock and mudslide blocking portions of Highway 1 at Panoramic.
December 2019LightningMarin City$300Lightning hit a 100 foot tall tree on Waterview drive in Mill Valley in the early morning. The strike split the tree in half with debris landing on nearby decks and roofs https://abc7news.com/weather/exclusive-lightning-strike-damages-tree-near-mill-valley-homes/5785998/.
March 2021HailMarin City-Image on social media shows small hail in Marin.
December 2021FloodMarin City-Heavy rain led to a rockslide on SR1 and partially blocked the road.
February 2019Debris FlowMarin City-SB CA-1 at Loring Ave, mud and rocks blocking NB lane.
February 2019FloodMarin City-Water from Coyote Creek is spilling into Ross Dr. Flood control engineer says ground is so saturated, runoff from heavy rainfall.
March 2018FloodMarin City-Roadway flooding reported at Almonte Blvd and SR 1.
February 2017Flash FloodMarin City-Arroyo Corte Madera Del Presidio Mill Valley stream gauge went above flood stage during this time period.
February 2017Debris FlowMarin City-Tree and mudslide blocking northbound lane of Highway 1 just south of Chamberlain.
December 2014FloodMarin City-Highway 1 flooded and closed from Panoramic Highway to Muir Woods Road.

Every storm 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
Waldo0.3 miles39
Manzanita1.0 miles41
Harbor Point1.0 miles41
Tamalpais Valley Junction1.2 miles41
Sausalito1.4 miles39
Almonte1.7 miles41
Strawberry Manor1.8 miles41
Strawberry2.0 miles41

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 Marin CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2586362The 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 1659058. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.