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Teal, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fairfield-Suisun City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94534. It stands on Peltier Slough. The Survey maps it on the Fairfield South quadrangle.

Teal 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 Teal, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Teal, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 34 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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Teal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 397 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use66 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCATTLE
26 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitP G & E
18 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLOPES
11 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPARRISH
1 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLOPES
3 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLOPES
26 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGOLD
20 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRED TOP RD / HWY 12

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Solano County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Teal: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Dimension, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Goodyear QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Parrish QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cordelia QuarryStoneProducer
Nelson Hill QuarryStoneProducer
Parish BrothersStoneUnknown
QuarryStoneUnknown

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
Jacksnipe1.5 miles34
Cygnus1.5 miles34
Thomasson3.4 miles34
Pierce3.5 miles34
Subeet3.8 miles34
Cordelia4.0 miles35
Cordelia Junction4.4 miles35
Russell4.6 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656358. 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.