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Ozol, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Central Contra Costa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94553. It lies near Little Bull Valley. The Survey maps it on the Benicia quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

Ozol within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ozol, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Ozol, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 36 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

389 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 389 fires within 5 miles of Ozol between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,188 acres in total. None started naturally. 61 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/undetermined181
Equipment and vehicle use65
Arson/incendiarism61
Smoking30
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Debris and open burning9
Railroad operations and maintenance4
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 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSanta Clara UnitALHAMBRA VALLEY RD BRION
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitFOUR
7 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSanta Clara UnitPG&E ALHAMBRA
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named
6 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution18 acresSanta Clara UnitBRICKYARD
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia 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 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ozol: 4 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Dimension, 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
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Main Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
MartinezStone, DimensionOccurrence
McnearsStone, DimensionOccurrence
Port Costa Shale QuarrysStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
FranklinStoneUnknown
MartinezStonePast Producer
McnearsStonePast Producer
Port Costa Clay Products Co.StoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in Contra Costa County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ozol in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 1 debris flow, 1 flood. 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
March 2024FloodOzol$10The southbound lane of McEwen Road just south of California Highway 4 was completely blocked due to mud, dirt, and rock.
February 2019Debris FlowOzol-SB 4 McEwen Rd on ramp, side of hillside slid down and is blocking roadway.

Every storm 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
Martinez1.6 miles36
Port Costa1.7 miles36
Glen Frazer2.0 miles41
Mococo2.5 miles34
Mountain View2.7 miles34
Eckley2.8 miles36
Christie2.8 miles36
Muir3.0 miles41

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 Q7116604The 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 1659327. 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.