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Rheem, California

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Central Contra Costa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94556. It lies near Mulholland Hill. The Survey maps it on the Oakland East quadrangle. It stands 587 feet above sea level.

Rheem within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1897 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Rheem, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Rheem, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 surveys from 42 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

233 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Rheem between 1992 and 2020, burning about 626 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined116
Equipment and vehicle use46
Smoking23
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitSAINT MARYS RD MORAGA
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution9.0 acresSanta Clara UnitBOLLINGER
3 September 2011Smokingunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
3 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2011Smokingunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Rheem: 5 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Asbestos, Copper. 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
AlmaCopper, SulfurPast ProducerBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Unnamed LocationCalciumProspect
John D. Hoff Asbestos CoAsbestosProducer
John D. Hoff Asbestos Co.AsbestosProspect
Unnamed LocationAsbestosOccurrence
Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Rr Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Rr. Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tunnel RockStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tunnel RockStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
El Cerrito Stege, HutchinsonStoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in Contra Costa 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
Moraga1.8 miles42
Lafayette1.8 miles42
Glorietta2.2 miles42
Valle Vista2.7 miles42
Orinda3.0 miles41
Eastport3.2 miles42
Saranap3.2 miles42
Orinda Village4.1 miles41

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.

Wikipedia article on RheemAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7320325The 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 1659504. 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.