South Coyote, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the San Jose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95037. The Survey maps it on the Morgan Hill quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1917 USGS Morgan Hill quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Morgan Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Morgan Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Morgan Hill quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
270 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of South Coyote between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,810 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined | 146 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | BAILEY |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Santa Clara Unit | COCHRANE |
| 8 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | PG&E / METCALF #1 |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Santa Clara Unit | XSC# M190280222 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | LONG VALLEY |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | MALECH |
| 4 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | GUZAN FIRE |
| 4 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | TREE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 48 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of South Coyote: 18 past producers, 13 prospects, 8 occurrences, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernal Mine | Mercury, Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| O'Connell Mine | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1953 | |
| Bernal | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Laguna Sera Ranch | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Leguna Scca Ranch | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Quarry | Calcium | Prospect | ||
| Bradford Ranch | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Bradford Ranch | Magnesite | Past Producer | ||
| Permanente Metals Corp. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Permanente Metals Corp. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Coyote | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Pomar (historical) | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Madrone | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| New Almaden | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Morgan Hill | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| English Town | 6.4 miles | 22 | |
| Mountain Home | 6.7 miles | 23 |
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 Q122555925 | The 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 252803. 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.








