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Rincon, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Santa Cruz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95066. It lies near Hogsback. The Survey maps it on the Felton quadrangle.

Rincon within Santa Cruz County

Then and now

1902 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rincon, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Rincon, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

626 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 626 fires within 5 miles of Rincon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 317 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 66 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/undetermined293
Equipment and vehicle use114
Arson/incendiarism66
Recreation and ceremony43
Smoking36
Debris and open burning29
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes2
Natural1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHERMON
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitP.G.&E.#14
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitROAD
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitQUAIL HOLLOW
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPG&E #4
7 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitHWY 9 FELTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Rincon: 20 past producers, 10 producers, 8 occurrences, 5 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Limestone, General, 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
Central Supply CoFlagstoneUnknown
Felton QuarryStoneProducer
Bachellor Ranch QuarryGraniteOccurrence
Calplatti QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Decomposed Granite PitGraniteOccurrence
Decomposed Granite PitGraniteOccurrence
Felton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Henry Cowell Lime & Cement CoLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Henry Cowell Lime & Cement CoLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Holmes Lime & Cement CoLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Paradise Park0.5 miles32
Pasatiempo1.5 miles32
Beulah Park1.5 miles32
Camp Evers2.6 miles32
Pueblo de Figueroa (historical)2.6 miles16
Mount Hermon2.7 miles32
Santa Cruz2.9 miles16
Allegro Heights2.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656257. 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.