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Redwood Terrace, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Half Moon Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94020. It stands on Harrington Creek. The Survey maps it on the La Honda quadrangle.

Redwood Terrace within San Mateo County

Then and now

1902 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Redwood Terrace, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Redwood Terrace, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 36 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Redwood Terrace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 137 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use26
Natural7
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1

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
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitRIDGEWOOD
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitJONES GLUCH # 2
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitJONES GLUCH #1
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitHASKINS
8 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitDRISCOLL
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBURNS
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPESCADERO CREEK RD LOMA_
3 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitRAPLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Redwood Terrace: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Langley Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in San Mateo County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redwood Terrace in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2019Debris FlowRedwood Terrace-Eastbound lane of SR 84 completely covered in mud and small tree.

Every storm recorded in San Mateo 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
La Honda1.1 miles36
Bellvale1.4 miles36
Loma Mar3.1 miles36
Dearborn Park4.0 miles36
San Gregorio4.9 miles38
Sky Londa5.1 miles37
Vista Verde5.6 miles52
Los Trancos Woods5.6 miles52

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 Q122550657The 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 1659492. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.