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Seahaven, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94937. It lies near Mount Vision. The Survey maps it on the Inverness quadrangle. It stands 177 feet above sea level.

Seahaven within Marin County

Then and now

1916 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Seahaven, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Seahaven, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Seahaven between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,374 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreJOHNSONS
29 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitTUCKER
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
11 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
11 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashorePIERCE
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreWHITEGATE
5 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreATT
16 August 2020Naturalunder an acreMarin County Fire Department4-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Seahaven: 8 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Inverness RidgeGoldUnknown
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
BenderTungstenOccurrence
Bender Dell BenderTungstenOccurrence1950
InvernessTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
NorenTungstenOccurrence1950
NorenTungstenUnknown
Borello QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Inverness1.0 miles28
Millerton1.3 miles28
Marconi2.3 miles29
Bivalve2.6 miles28
Reynolds2.7 miles29
Sacramento Landing3.3 miles29
Marshall3.6 miles29
Lairds Landing4.0 miles29

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.

Wikidata item Q7440483The 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 1800714. 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.