Professorville, California
51 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the San Jose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94301. It stands on Matadero Creek. The Survey maps it on the Palo Alto quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Professorville
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 12 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Professorville Historic Districtlisted 1980 · 0.4 miles away
Norris Houselisted 1980 · 0.4 miles away
de Lemos, Pedro, Houselisted 1980 · 0.5 miles away
Theophilus Allen Houselisted 1999 · 0.5 miles away
Hewlett-Packard House and Garagelisted 2007 · 0.6 miles away
Palo Alto Medical Cliniclisted 2010 · 0.7 miles away
Woman's Club of Palo Altolisted 2015 · 0.8 miles away
Kee Houselisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away
T. B. Downing Houselisted 1973 · 0.9 miles away
U.S. Post Officelisted 1981 · 0.9 miles away
Ramona Street Architectural Districtlisted 1986 · 1.0 miles away- Theodore Zschokke Cottageslisted 2020 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
22 surveys from 51 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.
- 1897 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1902 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1941 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1991 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
191 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Professorville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 | 117 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | ALPINE |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | NB HWY 280 / SAND HILL R |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Professorville: 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Gold, Silver, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Copper, Tin, Palladium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. View Crushing Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Palo Alto Sewage Sludge | Gold, Silver, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Copper, Tin, Palladium | Occurrence | Ash | |
| Bahr & Ledoyen, Inc. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Bahr & Ledoyen, Inc. | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Page Mill Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southgate | 0.3 miles | 51 | |
| Palo Alto | 0.4 miles | 51 | |
| Evergreen Park | 0.6 miles | 51 | |
| Embarcadero Oaks | 0.6 miles | 51 | |
| Leland Manor | 0.6 miles | 51 | |
| Mayfield | 0.8 miles | 51 | |
| Escondido Village | 0.8 miles | 51 | |
| College Terrace | 1.1 miles | 51 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1669767. 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.





















