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Stanford Weekend Acres, California

51 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the San Mateo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94025. It stands on Los Trancos Creek. The Survey maps it on the Palo Alto quadrangle.

Stanford Weekend Acres within San Mateo County

Then and now

1897 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stanford Weekend Acres, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Stanford Weekend Acres, surveyed 1897

Compare 1897 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

22 surveys from 51 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

210 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Stanford Weekend Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined124
Equipment and vehicle use32
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Smoking9
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitALPINE
5 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCONTROL BURN
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
5 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionNB HWY 280 / SAND HILL R
28 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Stanford Weekend Acres: 8 producers, 6 past producers, 6 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Mercury, Gold, Silver. 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
Ideal Cement CompanyLimestone, General, ClayProducer
J. M. MacdonoughGold, Lead, SilverUnknown
J.M. Macdonough RanchGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerGold
Langley Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Palo Alto Sewage SludgeGold, Silver, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Copper, Tin, PalladiumOccurrenceAsh
ChallengeMercuryPast Producer1955
Emerald LakeMercuryProducer
Farm Hill Cinnabar PropertyMercuryUnknown
Farm Hill No 2MercuryPast Producer
Redwood Quicksilver ProspectMercuryUnknown

Every working recorded in San Mateo 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
Stanford Hills0.4 miles51
Sharon Heights1.2 miles51
Ladera1.2 miles51
West Menlo Park1.4 miles51
University Heights1.4 miles51
Stanford Park2.0 miles51
Westridge2.3 miles51
Menlo Park2.6 miles51

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 Q122542634The 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 2354000. 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.