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Marina District, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Richmond-Presidio-Marina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94123. It lies near Russian Hill. The Survey maps it on the San Francisco North quadrangle.

Marina District within San Francisco County

Then and now

1895 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Marina District, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Marina District, surveyed 1895

On record in Marina District

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 12 of 28 shown

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

Every listing in San Francisco County

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 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

248 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Marina District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 815 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined103
Recreation and ceremony62
Smoking27
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Equipment and vehicle use8
Fireworks7
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaDOYLE5
8 September 2009Smoking200 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaSUTRO
6 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz Unitnot named
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz Unitnot named
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz Unitnot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaMEADOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Francisco County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Marina District: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Manganese, 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
Fort BakerGold, ManganeseOccurrence1914
Ft BakerStoneUnknown
Lime PointGemstoneOccurrence1935
Marin Co.No.25ManganeseUnknown
Mining Claim Loc. Quicksilver Fnd.MercuryProspect
Sausalito PointManganeseProducer
Unnamed OccurrenceMercuryOccurrence1892
Angel Island DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Francisco 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
North Point Public Housing1.2 miles39
Little Osaka1.3 miles39
Western Addition1.3 miles39
North Beach1.4 miles39
Saint Francis Square1.4 miles39
Amanico Ergina Village1.4 miles39
Little Italy1.4 miles39
Laguna Heights1.4 miles39

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659062. 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.