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San Felipe, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Diablo Range census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95020. The Survey maps it on the San Felipe quadrangle.

San Felipe within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1919 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of San Felipe, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of San Felipe, surveyed 1919

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

289 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of San Felipe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32,662 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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
Equipment and vehicle use119
Missing data/not specified/undetermined112
Debris and open burning20
Smoking17
Arson/incendiarism12
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCOYOTE
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSanta Clara UnitOCONNEL
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLOVERS
7 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitSHORE RD / BOLSA RD
7 September 2004Smokingunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003662
7 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitKONKLE
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresSanta Clara UnitCEDAR
5 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitTEQUISQUITA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of San Felipe: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Pacheco Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Clara County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Felipe in 4 storm reports in 2017: 3 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 2017Flash FloodSan Felipe-Coyote Creek near Gilroy gauge above flood stage.
February 2017Flash FloodSan Felipe-Pacheco Creek near Dunneville gauge above flood stage.
February 2017Flash FloodSan Felipe-Roadway flooding SR 152 at Casa De Fruta.
February 2017FloodSan Felipe-Roadway flooding on Highway 152 Westbound at Casa De Fruta.

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
Sawyers Crossing (historical)5.5 miles29
Plantel (historical)6.0 miles29
Old Gilroy6.0 miles29
Carnadero6.6 miles29
Miller6.7 miles29
Nema (historical)7.0 miles29
Corporal7.4 miles29
Sargent7.7 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252786. 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.