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Shafter, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94941. It stands on San Geronimo Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Geronimo quadrangle. It stands 167 feet above sea level.

Shafter within Marin County

Then and now

1914 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shafter, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Shafter, surveyed 1914

On record in Shafter

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Shafter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 346 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1
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 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreRANDALL
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.2 acresPoint Reyes National SeashoreDRAKE 2
18 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreTEIXERA
10 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use151 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 August 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
9 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaWHITEGATE
9 August 1992Fireworks2.2 acresGolden Gate National Recreation AreaOLEMA I
9 August 1992Fireworks4.6 acresGolden Gate National Recreation AreaOLEMA II

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Shafter: 16 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury. 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
Fort BakerManganese, GoldOccurrencePsilomelane
Maillard RanchChromiumOccurrence
McKinnan GulchCopper, LeadOccurrenceVein
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery Quarry.Stone, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
RandallSilver, GoldUnknown
Union GulchCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1863
Unnamed LocationGemstoneOccurrence
Maillard RanchManganeseOccurrence
Maillard RanchManganeseOccurrence
RandallGold, SilverOccurrence

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
Lagunitas0.6 miles23
Irving (historical)1.2 miles23
Forest Knolls1.3 miles23
Taylorville (historical)2.4 miles23
San Geronimo2.4 miles23
Five Brooks2.6 miles28
Jewell3.0 miles23
Woodacre3.4 miles23

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 Q14683946The 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 252791. 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.