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Pleyto, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the San Ardo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93426. It stands on Copperhead Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tierra Redonda Mountain quadrangle. It stands 781 feet above sea level.

Pleyto within Monterey County

Then and now

1919 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pleyto, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Pleyto, surveyed 1919

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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Pleyto between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,788 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 use39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Recreation and ceremony12
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
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
6 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionJOLON
25 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitPG&E #34
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitSMITH
2 September 2007Smoking1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitNORTH SHORE LAKE BOAT R 3
18 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionINTERLAKE
13 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitBRYSON
12 September 2008Smoking1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitBRYSON
12 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictOLD BRADLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pleyto: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite. 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
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomitePast Producer
Oakdale RanchDiatomiteOccurrence

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
Pleyto (historical)0.2 miles24
Bryson6.3 miles27
Lockwood7.5 miles25
Wunpost8.5 miles24
Martinus Corner8.6 miles25
Bradley10.2 miles27
San Ardo12.0 miles25
Jolon12.3 miles24

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.

Wikipedia article on PleytoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7204916The 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 1661243. 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.