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Waverly Park, California

52 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the San Jose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94040. It stands on Hale Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cupertino quadrangle.

Waverly Park within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1897 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Waverly Park, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Waverly Park, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 surveys from 52 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

162 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Waverly Park between 1993 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined74
Equipment and vehicle use25
Smoking20
Arson/incendiarism12
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
7 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Waverly Park: 13 producers, 5 past producers, 3 unknowns. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, 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
Permanente Cement PlantLimestone, General, ClayProducer
Permanente QuarryCalcium, Clay, Limestone, GeneralProducer
Stevens Creek QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
Near QuarryStoneProducer
Neary Rock QuarryStoneProducer
Permanente Cement Co.Calcium, ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Stevens Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Stevens Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Permanente Cement PlantCalciumProducer
Adobe Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Santa Clara 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
Cuernavaca0.6 miles52
Cuesta Park1.0 miles52
Sylvan Park1.1 miles52
Blossom Valley1.2 miles52
Loyola Corners1.3 miles52
Mountain View1.5 miles52
Woodland Acres1.6 miles52
Sunnyvale1.8 miles52

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2354013. 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.