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Mirabel Heights, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Russian River-Sonoma Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95436. It stands on Mark West Creek. The Survey maps it on the Camp Meeker quadrangle.

Mirabel Heights within Sonoma County

Then and now

1935 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mirabel Heights, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Mirabel Heights, surveyed 1935

Compare 1935 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

249 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of Mirabel Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 250 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined105
Equipment and vehicle use55
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4
Other causes1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSUNSET
8 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitONE SIXTEEN
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMARTINELLI RD / RIVER RD
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWESTSIDE
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitEASTSIDE
6 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGRATON
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGREEN #3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Mirabel Heights: 15 occurrences, 14 unknowns, 10 producers, 2 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Blue Rock Pit and MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Unnamed ProspectGoldOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Wall TractCopper, MercuryOccurrenceVein
Sonoma Chrome IncChromiumPast Producer
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence
Rowan DepositManganeseOccurrence
White-O-RanchManganeseOccurrence
White-O-Ranch ProspectManganeseOccurrence1942
ArcherCopperPast ProducerVein

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
Mirabel Park0.3 miles20
Rio Dell1.1 miles20
Forestville1.2 miles20
Mount Jackson1.7 miles23
Harbine (historical)1.8 miles20
Hollydale1.9 miles23
Trenton2.1 miles20
Russian River Terrace2.1 miles23

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 Q122551097The 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 1659142. 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.