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Travis Field, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Fairfield-Suisun City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94535. The Survey maps it on the Elmira quadrangle.

Travis Field within Solano County

Then and now

1908 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Travis Field, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Travis Field, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Travis Field between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,929 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/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
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
20 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 August 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
30 August 2005Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 August 2011Arson/incendiarism715 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBEACON
23 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Travis Field: 5 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Cement HillStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Pacific Portland Cement Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Explosive Technology PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Peterson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Potrero PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Cordero Junction1.6 miles26
Vanden (historical)2.1 miles26
Cannon2.4 miles26
Vacaville Junction2.4 miles26
Denverton3.8 miles31
Tolenas3.9 miles27
Creed4.6 miles28
Solano City (historical)4.6 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656370. 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.