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Serra Village, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Seaside-Monterey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93908. The Survey maps it on the Spreckels quadrangle.

Serra Village within Monterey County

Then and now

1910 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Serra Village, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Serra Village, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Serra Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 49,449 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/undetermined52
Equipment and vehicle use41
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Firearms and explosives use2
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
8 September 2004Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU004147
5 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey Unitnot named
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictCABEU 003602
4 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCentral California DistrictCELLULAR
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHIGHWAY 68
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBENANCIO
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey Unitnot named
23 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitLAURELES #4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Serra Village: 11 past producers, 6 producers, 4 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
De Ameral-Carmel ValleyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
RiandaStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Monterey Mission TileClayProspectSedimentary
Monterey Mission TileClayPast Producer
Salinas BrickyardClayPast Producer
HenningsenStoneProducer
RiandaStoneProducer
Unnamed MineStonePast Producer
Unnamed MineStonePast Producer
Unnamed MineStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Monterey 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
Creekside0.5 miles28
Ambler Park2.2 miles28
Old Hilltown2.4 miles27
Corral de Tierra3.0 miles28
Spreckels3.0 miles28
Springtown3.3 miles27
East Garrison3.8 miles27
Baronet Estates4.1 miles30

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 Q122567413The 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 1873457. 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.