South Shore, California
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Alameda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94501. The Survey maps it on the Oakland West quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in South Shore
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 8 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
St. Joseph's Basilicalisted 1978 · 0.5 miles away
Alameda High Schoollisted 1977 · 0.7 miles away
First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Buildinglisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Masonic Temple and Lodgelisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
Alameda City Halllisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Alameda Free Librarylisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Park Street Historic Commercial Districtlisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away- Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church of Alamedalisted 2023 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 37 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.
- 1895 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1915 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Oakland West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Oakland West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Oakland West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
278 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of South Shore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. None started naturally. 38 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 | 191 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | SMALL |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of South Shore: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Silver, Sulfur, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alum | Sulfur, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Kaiser Industries Corp | Clay | Producer | ||
| Leona | Sulfur, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| San Leandro Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Alma | Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | 1892 | |
| Alum | Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Kaiser Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kaiser Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sanderling Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
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 South Shore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7568427 | 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 1670772. 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.
















