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Snoboy, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Fremont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94538. It stands on CaƱada Del Aliso. The Survey maps it on the Niles quadrangle.

Snoboy within Alameda County

Then and now

1906 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Snoboy, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Snoboy, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

310 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 310 fires within 5 miles of Snoboy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,732 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined212
Equipment and vehicle use35
Arson/incendiarism30
Smoking15
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2005Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSanta Clara UnitMISSON
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSHERIDAN
6 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitPG&E #3
4 September 2003Natural27 acresSanta Clara UnitMISSION PEAK
30 September 2016Missing 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 Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Snoboy: 11 past producers, 11 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Stone. 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
BartlettManganesePast Producer
Interlocking Rood Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Mission Lime Marl DepositLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Mission Lime Marl DepositCalciumPast Producer
Durham PitStoneProducer
Leslie Salt CoSaltProducer
Newark Evaporation PondsSaltProducer
Scott Creek PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Stevens Creek QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
UnknownStoneOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Alameda 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
Irvington District1.6 miles26
Warm Springs District1.9 miles29
Mission San Jose District2.0 miles26
Mallard (historical)2.5 miles26
Albrae2.5 miles29
Curtner3.1 miles29
Fremont3.4 miles26
Drawbridge (historical)3.5 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659801. 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.