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Terra Linda, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the San Rafael census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94903. It lies near Santa Margarita Valley. The Survey maps it on the Novato quadrangle. It stands 171 feet above sea level.

Terra Linda within Marin County

Then and now

1914 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Terra Linda, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Terra Linda, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

139 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Terra Linda between 2005 and 2020, burning about 265 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined89
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking7
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
28 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Terra Linda: 8 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Copperopolis MineAsbestosProducerChrysotile
Maillard RanchChromiumOccurrence
HotalingStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionUnknown
Maillard RanchManganeseOccurrence
Maillard RanchManganeseOccurrence
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery QuarryStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Escalle QuarryStoneUnknown
Forbes QuarryStoneUnknown
GreenbraeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway 20 SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Terra Linda in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2024FloodTerra Linda-Several vehicles hydroplaned in 8-10 inches of water on Northbound US Highway 101 at the Terra Linda Truck Scales.

Every storm recorded in Marin 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
Terra Lindo0.6 miles24
Forbes (historical)0.7 miles24
Los Ranchitos0.9 miles41
Golf (historical)0.9 miles24
Las Gallinas1.3 miles24
Cerro1.3 miles41
Santa Venetia1.3 miles41
Lucas Valley1.7 miles24

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 Terra LindaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7703102The 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 252322. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.