Pabrico, California
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Fremont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94536. The Survey maps it on the Newark quadrangle.
Then and now
1899 to 1997The 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.


On record in Pabrico
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.
California Nursery Co. Guest Houselisted 1971 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
21 surveys from 37 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS Haywards quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1915 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Haywards quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
381 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 381 fires within 5 miles of Pabrico between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,300 acres in total. None started naturally. 41 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/undetermined | 268 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | 84 |
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | WINERY |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | PIONEER |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 54 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Pabrico: 26 past producers, 23 producers, 5 occurrences. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interpace | Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, Silica | Producer | ||
| Morton Salt Co. | Halite | Producer | ||
| Taylor and Pitcher | Manganese, Salt, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Leslie Salt Co | Salt | Producer | ||
| Newark Evaporation Ponds | Salt | Producer | ||
| Oliver Salt | Salt | Producer | ||
| Bellini Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dumbarton Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| East Bay Excavation Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Niles Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pabrico in 1 storm report in 2012: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2012 | Flood | Pabrico | $500 | Highway 84 was flooded between Decoto Road and Newark Boulevard and between Mission Boulevard and Main Street. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eberly | 1.0 miles | 26 | |
| Union City | 1.1 miles | 37 | |
| Niles District | 1.5 miles | 26 | |
| Shinn | 1.7 miles | 26 | |
| Niles Junction | 1.9 miles | 26 | |
| Centerville District | 2.0 miles | 26 | |
| Merienda (historical) | 2.4 miles | 26 | |
| Fremont | 2.6 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659329. 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.




















