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Shellville Colony, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sonoma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95476. It stands on Schell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sears Point quadrangle.

Shellville Colony within Sonoma County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shellville Colony, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Shellville Colony, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

178 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Shellville Colony between 1992 and 2020, burning about 247 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined69
Equipment and vehicle use63
Debris and open burning17
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPAGH
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHENRY
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitG15
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBRAZIL
25 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGRAMMENS.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma 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 Shellville Colony: 12 past producers, 7 producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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
Stage Gulch Quarry , Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cannon QuarryStoneProducer
Cannon QuarryStonePast Producer
Fairville QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStoneUnknown
Sonoma Rock QuarryStoneProducer
Bianchini BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Palmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Palmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sartori RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sonoma 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
Schellville1.2 miles25
Embarcadero1.8 miles25
Ramal1.9 miles25
Vineburg2.3 miles23
Wingo2.5 miles25
Big Bend2.5 miles25
Bonilla2.6 miles23
Batto2.9 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 Q122563478The 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 1702055. 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.