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Vernalis, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tracy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95385. The Survey maps it on the Vernalis quadrangle. It stands 105 feet above sea level.

Vernalis within San Joaquin County

Then and now

1915 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vernalis, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Vernalis, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

168 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Vernalis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,204 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined93
Equipment and vehicle use47
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning5
Smoking4

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitI 580 / I 5 2
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCREEK
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitHAYWORTH
29 September 1999Smokingunder an acreSanta Clara UnitHAMILTON
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Joaquin 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 Vernalis: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Vernalis DepositGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Bird Road QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Solyo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Joaquin 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
San Joaquin River Club3.5 miles20
Carbona8.0 miles22
Banta9.6 miles22
Wainwright Village (historical)10.2 miles22
Tracy10.5 miles22
Mossdale10.7 miles22
Ripon11.5 miles20
West Manteca11.6 miles22

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 VernalisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7921941The 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 252823. 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.