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Spoonbill, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Fairfield-Suisun City census division. It lies near Van Sickle Island. The Survey maps it on the Honker Bay quadrangle.

Spoonbill within Solano County

Then and now

1907 to 1993

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 Spoonbill, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Spoonbill, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

388 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 388 fires within 5 miles of Spoonbill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 686 acres in total. None started naturally. 102 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/undetermined155
Arson/incendiarism102
Misuse of fire by a minor56
Equipment and vehicle use35
Smoking28
Debris and open burning11
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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Solano County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Spoonbill: 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. 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
Alves PitClayProducer
Jerico PlantCalcium, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Scott PitStoneProducer
AlvesStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
AlvesStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
AlvarnezPumiceOccurrence
AlvarnezPumicePast Producer
Bailey Ranch Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrence
Bailey Ranch Pumice DepositPumicePast Producer

Every working recorded in Solano 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
Chipps0.9 miles29
Dutton1.5 miles29
Montezuma2.6 miles30
Collinsville3.1 miles30
Molena4.7 miles31
Birds Landing5.3 miles28
Meins Landing5.5 miles31
Toland Landing8.3 miles30

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 Q122541835The 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 1659841. 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.