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Vacaville Junction, 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 94533. The Survey maps it on the Elmira quadrangle.

Vacaville Junction 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 Vacaville Junction, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Vacaville Junction, 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Vacaville Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,737 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning4
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
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitNEAL
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCHERRY
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCEMENT
3 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use15 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPLEASANTS
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia 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 Vacaville Junction: 7 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
Standard Oil DepositClayUnknown
Cement HillStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Pacific Portland Cement Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Peterson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
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
Vanden (historical)0.7 miles26
Cordero Junction0.8 miles26
Cannon1.1 miles26
Travis Field2.4 miles26
Tolenas3.0 miles27
Vacaville4.4 miles26
Ulatis Park4.5 miles26
Elmira4.7 miles26

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 Q122552631The 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 252822. 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.