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Nashua, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Castroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93908. The Survey maps it on the Marina quadrangle. It stands 13 feet above sea level.

Nashua within Monterey County

Then and now

1913 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nashua, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Nashua, surveyed 1913

Compare 1913 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 30 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

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Nashua between 1993 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
22 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU0003587
8 August 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMARIN
7 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
31 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCASTROVILLE 2
28 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHWY 68 #6
27 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMERIDIAN
24 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitELISBERRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey 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 Nashua: 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Chromium, Magnesite. 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
Arca Roofing Tile PlantClayPast Producer
Moss Landing Brick PlantMagnesitePlant
Moss Landing Magnesia PlantChromium, MagnesitePlant
Unnamed MineStonePast Producer
Lapis #110 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Monterey Sand Co MarinaSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Monterey Sand Co.-MarinaSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Cement,Aggregates Inc-LapizSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Seaforth CorporationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Seaforth CorporationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monterey County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nashua in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2011Heavy RainNashua$4,000A large tree fell on an occupied vehicle causing the closure of State Route 183 in the Monterey Area at approximately 9:21 p.m. PST. The roadway was reopened at 10:57 p.m.

Every storm recorded in Monterey 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
Neponset1.3 miles30
Castroville1.7 miles26
Cooper3.2 miles27
Oak Hills3.6 miles25
Moss4.1 miles26
Marina4.4 miles30
Moss Landing4.5 miles26
Blanco4.5 miles27

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 Q6966897The 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 229418. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.