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Mococo, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Central Contra Costa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94553. It stands on Arroyo del Hambre. The Survey maps it on the Vine Hill quadrangle.

Mococo within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mococo, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Mococo, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 34 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

386 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 386 fires within 5 miles of Mococo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,090 acres in total. None started naturally. 63 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/undetermined166
Equipment and vehicle use65
Arson/incendiarism63
Smoking44
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSanta Clara UnitALHAMBRA VALLEY RD BRION
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitFOUR
7 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named
6 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution18 acresSanta Clara UnitBRICKYARD
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Mococo: 7 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, 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
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
MartinezStone, DimensionOccurrence
McnearsStone, DimensionOccurrence
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Main Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Port Costa Shale QuarrysStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
ChristenStoneOccurrence
ChristenStoneProspect

Every working recorded in Contra Costa 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
Martinez1.0 miles36
Mountain View1.2 miles34
Vine Hill1.6 miles34
Avon2.2 miles34
Ozol2.5 miles36
Muir2.5 miles41
Maltby2.5 miles34
Glen Frazer3.1 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659151. 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.