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Millerton, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94940. It lies in Millerton Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Inverness quadrangle. It stands 43 feet above sea level.

Millerton within Marin County

Then and now

1916 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Millerton, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Millerton, surveyed 1916

On record in Millerton

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

11 surveys from 28 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Millerton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,398 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning1

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 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreJOHNSONS
3 September 1994Smokingunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreSKIDPAN
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresPoint Reyes National SeashoreSHORELINE
22 September 1999Naturalunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreHAGGERTY
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
11 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
11 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashorePIERCE
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreWHITEGATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Millerton: 9 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Inverness RidgeGoldUnknown
Black MountainStoneOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
BenderTungstenOccurrence
Bender Dell BenderTungstenOccurrence1950
Black MountainStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Borello QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
InvernessTungstenOccurrenceScheelite

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
Inverness0.8 miles28
Seahaven1.3 miles28
Bivalve1.5 miles28
Marconi3.0 miles29
Inverness Park3.3 miles28
Reynolds3.4 miles29
Point Reyes Station3.4 miles28
Sacramento Landing4.3 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 Q6859399The 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 252740. 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.