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Mountain Home, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Llagas-Uvas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95037. It stands on Twin Fall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Loma Prieta quadrangle. It stands 928 feet above sea level.

Mountain Home within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1916 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mountain Home, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Mountain Home, surveyed 1916

Compare 1916 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Home between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,314 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined48
Equipment and vehicle use34
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Firearms and explosives use2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresSanta Clara UnitUVAS
4 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresSanta Clara UnitXSC# M190280096
4 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSanta Clara UnitTREE FIRE
30 September 2012Firearms and explosives useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitHICKS
3 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitBANKOSH
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined4,474 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLOMA
24 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPG&E #10
24 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitKOOPMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Home: 17 past producers, 6 prospects, 5 occurrences, 4 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Chromium. 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
New AlmadenCopperProducer
New Almaden DistrictMercury, Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Copper, ManganesePast Producer1824
Unnamed LocationManganeseProspect
BonettiChromiumPast Producer
Bonetti MineChromiumOccurrence1885
HouretCalciumProspect
QuarryCalciumProspect
Permanente Metals Corp.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Permanente Metals Corp.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Santa Clara 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
Sveadal2.6 miles23
Twin Creeks3.5 miles22
New Almaden4.0 miles22
English Town4.6 miles22
Perry6.4 miles22
South Coyote6.7 miles22
Madrone6.9 miles22
Coyote7.2 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on Mountain HomeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30601965The 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 1670815. 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.