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Mount Eden, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hayward census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94545. It stands on Zeile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hayward quadrangle.

Mount Eden within Alameda County

Then and now

1899 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mount Eden, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Mount Eden, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 surveys from 36 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

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Mount Eden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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/undetermined151
Smoking20
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor5

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitPIONEER
7 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
4 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alameda 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 Mount Eden: 9 producers, 3 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Clay. 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 Bay Excavation CoStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
InterpaceFire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, SilicaProducer
Oliver SaltSaltProducer
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
American Salt Co.HaliteProducer
Niles Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oliver Bros. Salt Co.HaliteProducer
Quarry Products-NilesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
La Vista Quarry and MillStoneProducer
La Vista Quarry and MillStoneProducer

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
Baumberg1.1 miles37
Sorenson1.9 miles36
Russell City2.1 miles34
Hayward2.5 miles36
Halvern2.6 miles36
Cherryland3.0 miles36
Carpenter3.3 miles37
San Lorenzo3.4 miles36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659186. 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.