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Oak Hills, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Castroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93907. The Survey maps it on the Prunedale quadrangle. It stands 56 feet above sea level.

Oak Hills within Monterey County

Then and now

1915 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oak Hills, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Oak Hills, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

279 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 279 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 244 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined107
Equipment and vehicle use87
Debris and open burning32
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes3
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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitELKHORN
8 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitSHERRY
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMELUGAN
4 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitVIERRA CANYON RD NORTH_C
4 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003585
4 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitPG&E #21
30 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003693
29 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hills: 3 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Chromium, Magnesite, 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
Arca Roofing Tile PlantClayPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Monterey Bay Salt WorksSaltProducer
Moss Landing Brick PlantMagnesitePlant
Moss Landing Magnesia PlantChromium, MagnesitePlant
Unnamed MineStonePast Producer

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
Castroville2.4 miles26
Prunedale2.5 miles25
Elkhorn3.5 miles25
Nashua3.6 miles30
Moss4.0 miles26
Moss Landing4.2 miles26
Cooper4.4 miles27
Santa Rita4.9 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 Oak HillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14683529The 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 1873192. 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.