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Pacific Grove Acres, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Seaside-Monterey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93950. The Survey maps it on the Monterey OE N quadrangle. It stands 125 feet above sea level.

Pacific Grove Acres within Monterey County

Then and now

1913 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pacific Grove Acres, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Pacific Grove Acres, surveyed 1913

Compare 1913 against another survey:

On record in Pacific Grove Acres

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 6 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

265 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Pacific Grove Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 315 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined130
Equipment and vehicle use38
Smoking31
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Arson/incendiarism17
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Debris and open burning6
Natural3

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMORSE
9 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMAJELLA RD / SLOAT RD
8 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictEQUESTRIAN
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1835
6 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey Unit17 MILE DR / BIRD ROCK RD
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitBIRD
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictBEU003326
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Pacific Grove Acres: 9 past producers, 8 producers, 4 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Silica. 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
Del Monte Prop. Co-Fan Shell BeachSilicaPast Producer
Del Monte Prop. Co. - Fanshell BeahSand and Gravel, Construction, FeldsparPast Producer
Sawmill GulchClayPast Producer
Del Monte Properties CoStoneProducer
Jefferson Street QuarryStoneProducer
Ruthyen PitStoneProducer
Atkinson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
David AvenueStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Del Monte Properties Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Del Monte Properties Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Pacific Grove1.0 miles31
New Monterey1.8 miles31
Cannery Row2.0 miles31
Monterey2.7 miles31
Del Monte Forest3.1 miles31
Del Monte3.8 miles30
Carmel Woods4.0 miles31
Pebble Beach4.4 miles31

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 Q7122469The 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 1659332. 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.