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Valleton, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the San Ardo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93451. The Survey maps it on the Valleton quadrangle. It stands 961 feet above sea level.

Valleton within Monterey County

Then and now

1919 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Valleton, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Valleton, surveyed 1919

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Valleton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,088 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
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
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitVOGEL
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitDEER VALLEY
19 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitINDIAN
10 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitBRADLEY
3 August 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHIGHWAY 101 #11
29 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBRADLEY
27 August 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHWY 101 #14
22 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitGREGORY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey 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
Bradley5.3 miles27
Nacimiento5.9 miles21
Wunpost8.8 miles24
San Ardo13.9 miles25
Parkfield14.5 miles23
Pleyto15.4 miles24
Pleyto (historical)15.6 miles24
Docas (historical)18.6 miles25

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 Q7911958The 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 1661613. 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.