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Pinnacles, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the San Benito-Bitterwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95043. The Survey maps it on the Bickmore Canyon quadrangle.

Pinnacles within San Benito County

Then and now

1919 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pinnacles, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Pinnacles, surveyed 1919

On record in Pinnacles

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

12 surveys from 24 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Pinnacles between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,756 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePinnacles National ParkNORTH WEST
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHWY-25#3
16 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHWY 25
12 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitPGE 21
6 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined24 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitGLORIA
5 August 1994Equipment and vehicle use1,154 acresPinnacles National ParkPINNACLES
31 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution5.3 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitAIRLINE
30 August 2007Natural486 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitQUIEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Benito County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pinnacles: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Copper, Strontium, Gold, Silver. 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
Copper MountainCopper, Gold, Silver, MolybdenumPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Pinnacles National MonumentUraniumOccurrence
Butte MineMercury, StrontiumProducer
Butte MineMercury, StrontiumPast Producer
Copper Mountain Mining Co.CopperPast Producer
ButtsMercuryPast Producer1900, 1915
CannonMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Cerro GordoMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar

Every working recorded in San Benito 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
San Benito3.7 miles20
Bitterwater12.8 miles23
Llanada13.3 miles19
Paicines15.4 miles21
Panoche17.1 miles20
Vineyard (historical)19.8 miles26
Tres Pinos20.2 miles24
Ridgemark22.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252765. 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.