Muir, California
41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Briones census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94553. It stands on Franklin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Briones Valley quadrangle. It stands 118 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1897 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Muir
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
John Muir National Historic SiteNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.1 miles away
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memoriallisted 2009 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
21 surveys from 41 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1897 USGS Concord quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1915 USGS Concord quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Concord quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Concord quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Briones Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Briones Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Briones Valley quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1959 USGS Concord quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Briones Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Briones Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
429 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 429 fires within 5 miles of Muir between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,905 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 72 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/undetermined | 173 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 76 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 72 |
| Smoking | 48 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | ALHAMBRA VALLEY RD BRION |
| 9 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | FOUR |
| 7 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | BEAR |
| 6 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 acres | Santa Clara Unit | BRICKYARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Muir: 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinez | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Main Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Port Costa Shale Quarrys | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Christen | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Christen | Stone | Prospect | ||
| Martinez | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Port Costa Clay Products Co. | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Serra Brothers | Stone | Prospect | ||
| Serra Brothers Slater | Stone | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View | 1.4 miles | 34 | |
| Glen Frazer | 1.8 miles | 41 | |
| Martinez | 2.0 miles | 36 | |
| Vine Hill | 2.2 miles | 34 | |
| Mococo | 2.5 miles | 34 | |
| Pacheco | 3.0 miles | 42 | |
| Ozol | 3.0 miles | 36 | |
| Maltby | 3.6 miles | 34 |
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 Q6933139 | The 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 1659189. 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.




















