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Rancho Tierra Grande, 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 Buckeye Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Seaside quadrangle.

Rancho Tierra Grande within Monterey County

Then and now

1913 to 1983

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 Rancho Tierra Grande, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Rancho Tierra Grande, surveyed 1913

Compare 1913 against another survey:

On record in Rancho Tierra Grande

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

13 surveys from 30 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

200 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Tierra Grande between 1992 and 2020, burning about 519 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined79
Equipment and vehicle use74
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
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
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitSAN CARLOS
6 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitMEADOWS
6 September 2002Smoking1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitPANETTA
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCARPENTER
6 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitRANCHO SAN CARLOS
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictCABEU 003602
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHIGHWAY 68
30 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitGARLAND PARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Rancho Tierra Grande: 16 past producers, 12 producers, 5 prospects, 1 occurrence. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carmel Valley AreaPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
SierraFlagstonePast Producer
MeadowsSlate, DimensionPast Producer
Monterey Mission TileClayProspectSedimentary
Monterey Mission TileClayPast Producer
Stewart QuarrySlate, DimensionPast Producer
Work Ranch DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Work Ranch DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Carmel Stone Quarry-AnthonyStone, DimensionPast Producer
Carmel Stone Quarry-PassadoriStone, DimensionPast 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
Carmel Valley Manor1.2 miles30
Quail Meadows3.5 miles30
Baronet Estates3.5 miles30
Hacienda Carmel4.0 miles31
Corral de Tierra4.8 miles28
Del Rey Oaks4.8 miles30
Carmel Valley5.0 miles30
Carmel Valley Village5.1 miles30

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 Q122559052The 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 1873354. 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.