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Werner, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the East Contra Costa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94513. The Survey maps it on the Woodward Island quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Werner within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1913 to 1989

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 Werner, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Werner, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

124 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Werner between 1993 and 2020, burning about 240 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/undetermined91
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use15 acresSanta Clara UnitADESA
27 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitENESCO
24 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSanta Clara UnitWINDMASTER #2
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Werner: 6 prospects, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Silica Company of Calif.Silica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
QuarryStoneOccurrence
QuarryStoneUnknown
Stone House RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed PropertySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationMercuryProspect
Unnamed LocationMercuryProspect
Unnamed LocationMercuryProspect
Unnamed LocationMercuryProspect

Every working recorded in Contra Costa 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
Bixler0.7 miles20
Orwood2.1 miles20
Discovery Bay2.3 miles20
Knightsen3.7 miles22
Brentwood4.6 miles22
Sand Hill5.1 miles22
Byron5.3 miles21
Bethel Island5.4 miles20

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 Q7983326The 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 1660145. 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.