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Solyo, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Patterson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95385. The Survey maps it on the Solyo quadrangle.

Solyo within Stanislaus County

Then and now

1913 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Solyo, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Solyo, surveyed 1913

Compare 1913 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

180 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Solyo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,331 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined93
Equipment and vehicle use55
Recreation and ceremony15
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking4
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitI 580 / I 5 2
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitINGRAM
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCREEK
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitHAYWORTH
4 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitGONG
29 September 1999Smokingunder an acreSanta Clara UnitHAMILTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stanislaus County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Solyo: 3 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General. 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
Hamilton EstateStone, DimensionOccurrence
Ideal Cement Co. Pacific Portland Cement Co.Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Vernalis DepositGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Solyo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Stanislaus 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
Halley (historical)1.3 miles20
Ohm1.6 miles20
Westley5.4 miles20
Grayson5.5 miles20
Tuolumne City (historical)7.1 miles20
Vanormer (historical)9.9 miles19
Riverdale Park11.3 miles19
Salida11.6 miles20

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 Q122543513The 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 252801. 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.