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Orinda Village, California

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Central Contra Costa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94563. It stands on Lauterwasser Creek. The Survey maps it on the Briones Valley quadrangle.

Orinda Village 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 Orinda Village, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Orinda Village, surveyed 1897

On record in Orinda Village

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

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

167 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Orinda Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 534 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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/undetermined99
Equipment and vehicle use27
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitBEAR
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitANZA
3 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSanta Clara UnitWILDCAT
3 September 2011Smokingunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
3 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Orinda Village: 8 occurrences, 7 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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
Berkeley HillsSulfur-Pyrite, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Pyrite
Unnamed LocationCalciumProspect
Unnamed LocationAsbestosOccurrence
Tunnel RockStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tunnel RockStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Berkeley HillsLeadUnknown
Unnamed LocationLeadOccurrence
Ada Sand and Gravel Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cragmont MineMercuryUnknown
Lake Anza MineMercuryUnknown

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
Orinda1.1 miles41
Glorietta2.3 miles42
Eastport3.4 miles42
Rheem4.1 miles42
Lafayette4.1 miles42
Kensington4.8 miles40
Moraga5.0 miles42
Valle Vista5.4 miles42

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 Q122560030The 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 1659314. 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.