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Merazo, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It lies in ZIP code area 95476. The Survey maps it on the Cuttings Wharf quadrangle. It stands 13 feet above sea level.

Merazo within Napa County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Merazo, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Merazo, surveyed 1902

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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Merazo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 305 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined76
Equipment and vehicle use60
Debris and open burning13
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePixley National Wildlife RefugeSOSCOL
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitISLAND
30 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPAGH
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHENRY
3 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSan Pablo Bay National Wildlife RefugeLA LONDE
24 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitNICHOLAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Merazo: 7 producers, 5 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Salt, Mercury. 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
East Mayacmas District ReportMercury, Chromium, Manganese, CopperProducer1850, 1864
Napa EvaporatorsSaltProducer
Napa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fairville QuarryStoneProducer
Sonoma Rock QuarryStoneProducer
Palmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Palmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sartori RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Napa 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
Buchli2.1 miles29
Carneros (historical)3.5 miles29
Cuttings Wharf3.5 miles29
Brazos3.6 miles29
Ratto Landing4.5 miles29
Stanley4.6 miles29
Suscol5.0 miles29
Thompson5.1 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 Q6817972The 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 252737. 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.