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.
Then and now
1902 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1902 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 surveys from 36 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.
- 1902 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1940 USGS Halfmoon Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Halfmoon Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS La Honda quadrangle1:24000
- 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 Half Moon Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Honda 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 La Honda quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS La Honda quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | RIDGEWOOD |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | JONES GLUCH # 2 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | JONES GLUCH #1 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | HASKINS |
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | DRISCOLL |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BURNS |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | PESCADERO CREEK RD LOMA_ |
| 3 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | RAPLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Debris Flow | Redwood Terrace | - | Eastbound lane of SR 84 completely covered in mud and small tree. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Honda | 1.1 miles | 36 | |
| Bellvale | 1.4 miles | 36 | |
| Loma Mar | 3.1 miles | 36 | |
| Dearborn Park | 4.0 miles | 36 | |
| San Gregorio | 4.9 miles | 38 | |
| Sky Londa | 5.1 miles | 37 | |
| Vista Verde | 5.6 miles | 52 | |
| Los Trancos Woods | 5.6 miles | 52 |
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 Q122550657 | The 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.


















