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Sulphur Springs, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Vallejo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94591. The Survey maps it on the Benicia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sulphur Springs within Solano County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sulphur Springs (historical), surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Sulphur Springs (historical), surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 36 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

453 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 453 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,709 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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/undetermined318
Equipment and vehicle use53
Arson/incendiarism27
Smoking26
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2005Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSKY VALLEY
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder 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

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs (historical): 16 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Goodyear QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Parrish QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarriesLimestone, General, ClayProspectSedimentary
Unnamed LocationLimestone, Dimension, ClayOccurrence
Unnamed QuarriesLimestone, Dimension, ClayProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
FranklinStoneUnknown

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
Harry Floyd Terrace2.6 miles35
Chabot Terrace3.4 miles35
Flosden Acres3.4 miles29
Flosden (historical)3.6 miles29
South Vallejo3.8 miles36
Vallejo3.8 miles27
Glencove4.0 miles36
Carquinez Heights4.3 miles36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1702050. 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.