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Woodville, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bolinas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94924. It lies near Copper Mine Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Bolinas quadrangle. It stands 187 feet above sea level.

Woodville within Marin County

Then and now

1897 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Woodville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Woodville, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 39 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Woodville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 2 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreRANDALL
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreMESA
18 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreTEIXERA
10 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use151 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 September 2002Smokingunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaMILE 14
9 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaWHITEGATE
3 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaDRIZZLE
26 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresPoint Reyes National SeashoreMESA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Woodville: 7 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Gemstone, Silver, Gold. 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
ClaimsMercuryUnknown
McKinnan GulchCopper, LeadOccurrenceVein
RandallSilver, GoldUnknown
Union GulchCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1863
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
RandallGold, SilverOccurrence
Union GulchCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Unnamed LocationGemstoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGemstoneOccurrence
McKinnan GulchCopperProspect

Every working recorded in Marin 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
Bolinas2.7 miles39
Shafter4.1 miles23
Stinson Beach4.5 miles39
Lagunitas4.6 miles23
Five Brooks4.7 miles28
Forest Knolls5.0 miles23
Irving (historical)5.1 miles23
San Geronimo5.2 miles23

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 WoodvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5288479The 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 252839. 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.