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Zinfandel, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the St. Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94574. The Survey maps it on the Rutherford quadrangle. It stands 197 feet above sea level.

Zinfandel within Napa County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Zinfandel, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Zinfandel, surveyed 1902

On record in Zinfandel

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

199 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Zinfandel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,005 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined82
Equipment and vehicle use60
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2

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
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSMOKEY OAK
28 September 1998Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWILSON
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWHITEHALL
25 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use29 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCONN
25 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSILVERADO
23 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARNOLD
22 September 2005Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPALM
22 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSPRING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Zinfandel: 16 occurrences, 8 producers, 7 prospects, 5 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, 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
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomitePast Producer
McLaughlin MineSilver, Gold, Mercury, Antimony, Arsenic, Titanium, Metal, Tungsten, Boron-BoratesProducer1978, 1985
Glass Mountain DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Napa Valley StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
StirlingIronOccurrenceHematite
Sullinger ClaimChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Sullinger ClaimChromiumProspect
Unnamed LocationIronUnknown
Annadel FarmPerliteProducer
UnknownPerliteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Napa 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
Thoman0.8 miles25
Rutherford2.0 miles25
Saint Helena2.1 miles21
Krug3.2 miles21
Deer Park3.7 miles21
Oakville3.8 miles25
Barro4.0 miles21
Sanitarium4.6 miles21

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 ZinfandelAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8072366The 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 1660226. 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.