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McAvoy, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Antioch-Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94565. The Survey maps it on the Honker Bay quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

McAvoy within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1907 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McAvoy, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of McAvoy, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

436 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 436 fires within 5 miles of McAvoy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,396 acres in total. None started naturally. 101 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/undetermined192
Arson/incendiarism101
Misuse of fire by a minor54
Equipment and vehicle use40
Smoking31
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony4
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
30 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of McAvoy: 7 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Pumice, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Alves PitClayProducer
AlvesStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
AlvesStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
AlvarnezPumiceOccurrence
AlvarnezPumicePast Producer
Bailey Ranch Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrence
Bailey Ranch Pumice DepositPumicePast Producer
Scott PitStoneProducer
UnnamedStoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in Contra Costa 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
Shore Acres0.3 miles29
Ambrose (historical)0.6 miles29
Bay Point1.3 miles29
Nichols1.5 miles29
Port Chicago (historical)3.3 miles34
Diamond3.7 miles29
Clyde3.8 miles34
Ohmer (historical)3.9 miles34

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 Q6800016The 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 252795. 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.