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McNear, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Petaluma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94954. It stands on Adobe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Petaluma River quadrangle.

McNear within Sonoma County

Then and now

1914 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McNear, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of McNear, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

267 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of McNear between 1992 and 2020, burning about 768 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 use105
Missing data/not specified/undetermined105
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Debris and open burning9
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Fireworks1

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 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 101 / KASTANIA RD 6
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLAKEVILLE
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitD STREET
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremony35 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBARBONI
7 September 1992Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitADOBE
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.4 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitADOBE
3 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of McNear: 11 producers, 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Massa HillGemstoneOccurrence1950
Mazza Mazza RanchManganeseProspect1915
Mazza ProspectNickelProspect1918
Petaluma Plant No. 7Stone, DimensionProducer
West Mayacmas District ReportChromium, MercuryProducer1850, 1861
Skinner RanchGraphiteProducer
Skinner RanchGraphitePast Producer
ClaimMercuryOccurrence
ClaimMercuryOccurrence
Hell's Half Acre QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Haystack0.4 miles25
Petaluma1.2 miles22
East Petaluma1.3 miles22
Corona (historical)3.4 miles24
Crown3.5 miles24
Lakeville4.1 miles25
Ely (historical)4.4 miles24
Denman (historical)4.5 miles24

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 Q122552663The 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 1659092. 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.