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McNears Beach, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the San Rafael census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94901. It lies near San Pedro Hill. The Survey maps it on the San Quentin quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

McNears Beach within Marin County

Then and now

1895 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McNears Beach, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of McNears Beach, surveyed 1895

On record in McNears Beach

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 39 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

72 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of McNears Beach between 2005 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined47
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Debris and open burning1
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
20 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
2 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named
29 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of McNears Beach: 9 producers, 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
Blake Brothers San PabloStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand
San Francisco Bay DredgeLimestone, GeneralProspect
Blake Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
GreenbraeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Red RockManganeseProducerMineral Paint, Psilomelane
Red RockManganeseProducer
Red RockManganeseProspect1914
Forbes QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Greenbrae QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Mcnears Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Santa Venetia3.8 miles41
San Quentin4.0 miles39
Cerro4.1 miles41
Gallinas4.2 miles24
Golf (historical)4.3 miles24
San Rafael4.3 miles41
Miller (historical)4.4 miles24
Forbes (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.

Wikipedia article on McNears BeachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6802501The 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 1659093. 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.