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Neal, California

51 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the San Jose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94304. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Palo Alto quadrangle.

Neal within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1897 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Neal, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Neal, surveyed 1897

On record in Neal

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

22 surveys from 51 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Neal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/undetermined111
Equipment and vehicle use32
Smoking14
Arson/incendiarism13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitALPINE
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionNB HWY 280 / SAND HILL R
30 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Neal: 10 producers, 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Silver, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Copper, Tin, Palladium. 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
Palo Alto Sewage SludgeGold, Silver, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Copper, Tin, PalladiumOccurrenceAsh
Adobe Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Adobe Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mt. View Crushing PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Patton MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Patton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sondgrath Bros.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sondgrath Bros.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bahr & Ledoyen, Inc.StoneProducer
Bahr & Ledoyen, Inc.StonePast Producer

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
Barron Park0.5 miles51
College Terrace0.7 miles51
Ventura0.8 miles51
Mayfield0.9 miles51
Green Acres1.0 miles51
Evergreen Park1.0 miles51
Escondido Village1.1 miles51
Alta Mesa1.1 miles51

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659205. 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.