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Tolenas, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fairfield-Suisun City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94533. The Survey maps it on the Fairfield North quadrangle.

Tolenas within Solano County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tolenas, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Tolenas, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Tolenas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,546 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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
9 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCEMENT
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTWIN
20 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 August 2012Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPLEASANTS VALLEY RD / CHE
27 August 2011Arson/incendiarism715 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBEACON

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 Tolenas: 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Greenstone QuarryStoneProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Cement HillStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Pacific Portland Cement Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Tolenas SpringsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

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
Fairfield2.1 miles34
Vanden (historical)2.4 miles26
Suisun2.6 miles34
Vacaville Junction3.0 miles26
Cordero Junction3.1 miles26
Clima3.7 miles34
Travis Field3.9 miles26
Suval4.0 miles34

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 Q122598406The 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 252818. 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.