Quail Meadows, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Carmel-by-the-Sea census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93923. It lies near Potrero Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Seaside quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1983The 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.


Compare 1913 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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.
- 1913 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1941 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Seaside quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Seaside quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Seaside quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
305 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 305 fires within 5 miles of Quail Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,918 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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 | 154 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 62 |
| Smoking | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1835 |
| 7 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | SAN CARLOS |
| 6 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MEADOWS |
| 6 September 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | PANETTA |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CARPENTER |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.4 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | COAST RIDGE RD CARMEL_HI |
| 30 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MATHESON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Quail Meadows: 21 past producers, 16 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel Valley Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Santa Lucia Quarries, Ltd. | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sierra | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Work Ranch Deposit | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Work Ranch Deposit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Machado | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Meadows | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Stewart Quarry | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Carmel Stone Quarry-Anthony | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Carmel Stone Quarry-Passadori | Stone, Dimension | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hacienda Carmel | 0.6 miles | 31 | |
| Carmel Valley Manor | 2.3 miles | 30 | |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 3.2 miles | 31 | |
| Rancho Tierra Grande | 3.5 miles | 30 | |
| Carmel Woods | 3.6 miles | 31 | |
| Carmel Highlands | 3.8 miles | 31 | |
| Del Rey Oaks | 4.6 miles | 30 | |
| Pebble Beach | 4.7 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1873353. 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.












