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Mission San Jose District, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Fremont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94539. It stands on Leal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Niles quadrangle.

Mission San Jose District within Alameda County

Then and now

1906 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mission San Jose District, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Mission San Jose District, surveyed 1906

On record in Mission San Jose District

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

12 surveys from 26 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

382 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 382 fires within 5 miles of Mission San Jose District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,651 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined245
Equipment and vehicle use61
Arson/incendiarism33
Smoking18
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Debris and open burning3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2005Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unit84
9 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitPG&E #5
9 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSanta Clara UnitMISSON
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSHERIDAN
6 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitPG&E #3
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictPGE 5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Mission San Jose District: 18 past producers, 17 producers, 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone, Dimension. 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
BartlettManganesePast Producer
Mission Lime Marl DepositLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Mission Lime Marl DepositCalciumPast Producer
Scott Creek PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Stevens Creek QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
UnknownStoneOccurrenceGravel
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Interlocking Rood Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Ki-Lite Mine and MillClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Ki-Lite Pit & MillClayProducer

Every working recorded in Alameda 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
Snoboy2.0 miles26
Mallard (historical)2.1 miles26
Irvington District2.8 miles26
Warm Springs District3.2 miles29
Fremont3.8 miles26
Niles Junction4.0 miles26
Shinn4.1 miles26
Merienda (historical)4.3 miles26

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 Q122557780The 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 228844. 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.