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Natividad, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Salinas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93908. The Survey maps it on the Natividad quadrangle. It stands 164 feet above sea level.

Natividad within Monterey County

Then and now

1910 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Natividad, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Natividad, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

215 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Natividad between 1992 and 2020, burning about 658 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined118
Equipment and vehicle use39
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Debris and open burning11
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
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
7 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitSAN JUAN GRADE RD / CRAZY
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey Unitnot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003585
4 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitPG&E #21
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitSAN JUAN GRADE RD / CRAZY
25 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Natividad: 8 prospects, 8 past producers, 3 producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Alisal Silver ProspectsSilverProspect
Fremont Peak DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
Spreckles Sugar Co.Limestone, General, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Bethlehem Steel CoDolomitePast Producer
Natividad Calcining PlantMagnesitePlant
Natividad Quarry & MillMagnesite, Limestone, GeneralPlant1940, 1942
Sugarloaf DepositLimestone, General, DolomiteOccurrence
AugustiniStoneProducer
AugustiniStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bardin RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary

Every working 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
Gabilan Acres2.0 miles25
Bolsa Knolls2.2 miles27
Santa Rita3.2 miles27
Alisal3.9 miles27
Boronda4.8 miles27
Prunedale4.9 miles25
Salinas4.9 miles27
Spreckels Junction5.4 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.

Wikipedia article on NatividadAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14683462The 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 252747. 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.