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Shipyard Acres, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Napa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94558. It stands on Tulucay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Napa quadrangle. It stands 33 feet above sea level.

Shipyard Acres within Napa 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 Shipyard Acres, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Shipyard Acres, 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

455 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 455 fires within 5 miles of Shipyard Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,083 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined245
Equipment and vehicle use111
Debris and open burning27
Smoking23
Arson/incendiarism23
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTHOMPSON AV NAPA
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTHOMPSON AV NAPA 2
6 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitAIRPORT
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitISLAND
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKELLY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Shipyard Acres: 11 producers, 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Stone, Dimension. 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
Basalt Rock Co. Quarry, PossiblyDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
East Mayacmas District ReportMercury, Chromium, Manganese, CopperProducer1850, 1864
Napa EvaporatorsSaltProducer
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Basalt Rock CoStone, DimensionProducer
Juarez QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrence
Pumice DepositPumiceProspect
Basalt Rock Company, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Juarez QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Napa 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
Rocktram0.5 miles25
Suscol1.3 miles29
Imola1.4 miles25
Thompson1.5 miles29
Stanley1.6 miles29
Ratto Landing2.2 miles29
Napa Abajo2.4 miles25
Napa2.7 miles25

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.

Wikipedia article on Shipyard AcresAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7498157The 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 1659650. 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.