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Mascorini Place, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Soledad census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93927. It lies near Sugarloaf. The Survey maps it on the Chews Ridge quadrangle.

Mascorini Place within Monterey County

Then and now

1920 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mascorini Place, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Mascorini Place, surveyed 1920

Compare 1920 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Mascorini Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,260 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning1

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
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined24 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003655
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,100 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitTASSAJARA
19 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003549
17 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionKINCANNON
14 September 2005Arson/incendiarism25 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU 003463
6 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresLos Padres National ForestPARROTT
4 August 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresLos Padres National ForestCHEWS
4 August 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitRESNICK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey 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 Mascorini Place: 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Uranium, Limestone, General. 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
Lambert Ranch DepositLimestone, GeneralProspect
Chews Ridge AreaUraniumProducer
Chews Ridge AreaUraniumProspect
Moore RanchMercuryOccurrence1885
Moore RanchMercuryProspect
Red Hill MercuryMercuryProspect
Section 31 MercuryMercuryUnknown
UnnamedMercuryOccurrence
Unnamed OccurenceMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar

Every working recorded in Monterey 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
Jamesburg3.6 miles28
Tassajara Hot Springs8.5 miles23
Millers Ranch8.7 miles21
Arroyo Center8.9 miles26
Sycamore Flat9.3 miles21
Fort Romie9.9 miles20
Molus10.3 miles22
Camphora10.5 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.

Wikidata item Q122569302The 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 1656566. 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.