San Quentin, California
39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Ross Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94964. It stands on Corte Madera Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Quentin quadrangle. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1995The 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 sheets covering this place
19 surveys from 39 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.
- 1895 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1915 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS San Quentin quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Quentin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Quentin quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS San Quentin quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS San Quentin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
111 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of San Quentin between 2004 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 71 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 2 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of San Quentin: 10 producers, 9 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 3 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Brothers San Pablo | Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand | |
| Copperopolis Mine | Asbestos | Producer | Chrysotile | |
| Hotaling | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Tiburon Ridge Flagstone | Stone, Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Blake Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Greenbrae | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Red Rock | Manganese | Producer | Mineral Paint, Psilomelane | |
| Red Rock | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Red Rock | Manganese | Prospect | 1914 | |
| L P Mcnear Brick Co | Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowsweet | 1.8 miles | 41 | |
| Paradise Cay | 2.0 miles | 39 | |
| Greenbrae | 2.2 miles | 41 | |
| Chapman | 2.3 miles | 41 | |
| Corte Madera | 2.5 miles | 41 | |
| Baltimore Park | 2.6 miles | 41 | |
| Reed | 2.6 miles | 41 | |
| Larkspur | 2.7 miles | 41 |
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 San Quentin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7415190 | 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 232465. 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.


















