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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.

San Quentin within Marin County

Then and now

1895 to 1995

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 San Quentin, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of San Quentin, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 39 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

111 since 2004

Regional 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/undetermined71
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking6
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
2 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blake Brothers San PabloStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand
Copperopolis MineAsbestosProducerChrysotile
HotalingStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionUnknown
Tiburon Ridge FlagstoneStone, Stone, DimensionOccurrence
Blake Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
GreenbraeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Red RockManganeseProducerMineral Paint, Psilomelane
Red RockManganeseProducer
Red RockManganeseProspect1914
L P Mcnear Brick CoClayProducer

Every working recorded in Marin 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
Meadowsweet1.8 miles41
Paradise Cay2.0 miles39
Greenbrae2.2 miles41
Chapman2.3 miles41
Corte Madera2.5 miles41
Baltimore Park2.6 miles41
Reed2.6 miles41
Larkspur2.7 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 San QuentinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7415190The 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.