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.
Then and now
1895 to 1995The 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.


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.
China Camplisted 1979 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 surveys from 39 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1895 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1915 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS San Quentin quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Quentin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Quentin quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS San Quentin quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS San Quentin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
72 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 2 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 16 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 29 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Brothers San Pablo | Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand | |
| San Francisco Bay Dredge | Limestone, General | Prospect | ||
| Blake Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Greenbrae | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Red Rock | Manganese | Producer | Mineral Paint, Psilomelane | |
| Red Rock | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Red Rock | Manganese | Prospect | 1914 | |
| Forbes Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Greenbrae Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Mcnears Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Venetia | 3.8 miles | 41 | |
| San Quentin | 4.0 miles | 39 | |
| Cerro | 4.1 miles | 41 | |
| Gallinas | 4.2 miles | 24 | |
| Golf (historical) | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| San Rafael | 4.3 miles | 41 | |
| Miller (historical) | 4.4 miles | 24 | |
| Forbes (historical) | 4.5 miles | 24 |
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 Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6802501 | The 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.


















