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McDonald, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94940. It stands on Cataract Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tomales quadrangle. It stands 135 feet above sea level.

McDonald within Marin County

Then and now

1916 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McDonald, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of McDonald, surveyed 1916

Compare 1916 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of McDonald between 1996 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
29 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitTUCKER
11 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashorePIERCE
23 August 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreCYPRUS
20 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreHUT
8 July 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreH RANCH
7 July 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresPoint Reyes National SeashorePELICAN
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.1 acresPoint Reyes National SeashorePIERCE
6 July 2012Naturalunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashorePIERCE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of McDonald: 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tomales PointGoldOccurrenceBeach Placer
Tomales PointGoldUnknown
Dillon Beach PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working 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
Blakes Landing0.7 miles29
Nicks Cove1.0 miles29
Hamlet1.6 miles29
Cypress Grove1.6 miles29
Lairds Landing2.0 miles29
Marshall2.1 miles29
Ocean Roar2.1 miles29
Sacramento Landing2.7 miles29

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 Q6800884The 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 253377. 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.