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Tormey, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the West Contra Costa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94572. It lies near Suribachi Hill. The Survey maps it on the Benicia quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

Tormey within Contra Costa 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 Tormey, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Tormey, 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

479 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 479 fires within 5 miles of Tormey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,576 acres in total. None started naturally. 55 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/undetermined329
Arson/incendiarism55
Equipment and vehicle use34
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Smoking18
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Debris and open burning9
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitFOUR
8 September 2005Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSanta Clara UnitPG&E ALHAMBRA
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
6 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution18 acresSanta Clara UnitBRICKYARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Tormey: 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Diatomite, Stone, 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
McnearsStone, DimensionOccurrence
Pinole Dohrman, PawseyDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Main Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Port Costa Shale QuarrysStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
McnearsStonePast Producer
Port Costa Clay Products Co.StoneOccurrence
Red Rock Quarry, Ltd.StoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Contra Costa 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
Oleum0.4 miles36
Selby0.5 miles36
Bayo Vista1.1 miles27
Valona1.3 miles36
Rodeo1.5 miles27
Crolona Heights1.6 miles36
Crockett1.9 miles36
Eckley2.5 miles36

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 TormeyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7825925The 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 1660016. 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.