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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.

Muir within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1897 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Muir, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Muir, surveyed 1897

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 surveys from 41 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

429 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined173
Equipment and vehicle use76
Arson/incendiarism72
Smoking48
Misuse of fire by a minor35
Debris and open burning13
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitBEAR
6 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution18 acresSanta Clara UnitBRICKYARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
MartinezStone, DimensionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Main Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Port Costa Shale QuarrysStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
ChristenStoneOccurrence
ChristenStoneProspect
MartinezStonePast Producer
Port Costa Clay Products Co.StoneOccurrence
Serra BrothersStoneProspect
Serra Brothers SlaterStoneOccurrence

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
Mountain View1.4 miles34
Glen Frazer1.8 miles41
Martinez2.0 miles36
Vine Hill2.2 miles34
Mococo2.5 miles34
Pacheco3.0 miles42
Ozol3.0 miles36
Maltby3.6 miles34

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 Q6933139The 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.