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Robertsville, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the San Jose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95136. It stands on Ross Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Jose West quadrangle.

Robertsville within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1889 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Robertsville, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Robertsville, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

129 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Robertsville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 697 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/undetermined77
Equipment and vehicle use20
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 Protectionnot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitFEE
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitHICKS
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitSCENIC VISTA
25 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Robertsville: 36 past producers, 17 producers, 6 prospects, 4 unknowns. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Azevado QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Guadalupe Lime Co.CalciumProducer
Guadalupe Lime Co.CalciumPast Producer
John Knorr MineStone, DimensionUnknown
Piazza Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Winfield PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
SmithChromiumProducer
SmithChromiumProspect
Unnamed LocationChromiumProducer

Every working recorded in Santa Clara County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robertsville in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2019: 2 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 FlowRobertsville-Mudslide blocking both lanes of Hicks Rd in south San Jose.
February 2017Debris FlowRobertsville-Slide blocking southbound lanes of Hicks Rd near Reynolds Rd.

Every storm recorded in Santa Clara 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
Alamitos1.0 miles27
Communications Hill1.9 miles27
Lick2.3 miles27
Seven Trees2.5 miles27
Cambrian Park2.9 miles28
Edenvale3.1 miles27
Willow Glen3.2 miles28
Greystone (historical)3.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252781. 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.