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Sharp Park, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South San Francisco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94044. It lies near Milagra Ridge. The Survey maps it on the San Francisco South quadrangle.

Sharp Park within San Mateo County

Then and now

1892 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sharp Park, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Sharp Park, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

22 surveys from 43 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

249 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of Sharp Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 929 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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/undetermined151
Arson/incendiarism30
Smoking25
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBRUNO
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined41 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCHESTNUT 2
7 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitA1
7 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Mateo 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 Sharp Park: 12 producers, 11 past producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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
Unnamed LocationGypsum-AnhydriteProducerSedimentary
Unnamed LocationGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacifica Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Pilarcitos QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
RockawaySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
South San Fran. Land & Imp. Co.Silver, Lead, ZincProducer
South San Fran. Land & Imp. Co.Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Mateo County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sharp Park in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 1 debris flow, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2024Thunderstorm WindSharp Park-A CWOP site in Pacifica (AE6DC-5) reported a 97 mph gust at 6:20 AM Saturday.
January 2017Debris FlowSharp Park-Pacifica Police department confirms, northbound lane is closed on highway 1 in Pacifica due to a landslide.
September 2017LightningSharp Park-Lightning strike caused damage to a residence on Tablot Ave in Pacifica.

Every storm recorded in San Mateo 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
Pacific Manor1.0 miles43
Fairway Park1.1 miles43
Edgemar1.2 miles43
Pacifica1.5 miles43
Vallemar1.6 miles43
Westborough1.6 miles43
Rockaway Beach1.9 miles43
Sholun2.6 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659633. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.