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Mark West Springs, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Santa Rosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95404. It stands on Porter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mark West Springs quadrangle. It stands 449 feet above sea level.

Mark West Springs within Sonoma County

Then and now

1927 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mark West Springs, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Mark West Springs, surveyed 1927

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

210 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Mark West Springs between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,057 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined77
Equipment and vehicle use73
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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 1996Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCHALK
7 September 2000Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitNEWMAN
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLOCH HAVEN
5 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWILSHIRE
4 September 2015Other causes1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitVINECREST
3 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWIRED
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLAVENDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Mark West Springs: 7 past producers, 5 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Diatomite, 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
DreamlandMercuryProducer
Brooks QuarryStoneProducer
Goodman Bros. DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Goodman Bros. DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Mark West Shale QuarryStoneProducer
Dreamland MineManganeseProducer
Dreamland MineManganesePast Producer1918
Sharp ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Sharp ProspectManganeseUnknown1918
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sonoma 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
Wikiup3.2 miles22
Larkfield3.8 miles23
East Windsor4.3 miles22
Shiloh4.4 miles22
Fulton4.5 miles20
Windsor5.1 miles22
Kellogg6.2 miles22
Monroe6.9 miles20

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 Mark West SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6770298The 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 228121. 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.