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Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
⚠ Location-suspect — recorded coordinates may be mislocated
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 4960 ft MSL · USGS ground 5020 ft · Δ -59 ft
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
Ground-level — no building footprint at the coordinate
Cross-source consensus
Single independent source — no corroboration available
Cross-checked against independent public data — USGS 3DEP terrain, Overture/OSM building footprints, the federal hospital registry, and measured dimensions. The State of the U.S. Heliport Record →
eVTOL readiness
CONDITIONALConversion feasibility · four readings, one line each
Obstruction screen
Clear
No obstructions within 0.5 nm on the FAA obstacle file.
Geometry
Requires 35 feet of expansion
Recorded pad side 65 ft against a 100 ft eVTOL FATO.
Structural FATO
Unverified
The full 100 × 100 ft FATO must be load-bearing. The FAA does not record structural capacity, so no record can confirm it.
Overall
Conditional
Obstruction screen passed. Geometry and structural capacity remain open. Site validation required.
The recorded pad is 35 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
65 ft
eVTOL FATO required
100 ft
FAA EB-105 vertiport pattern — 2× a ~50 ft eVTOL controlling dimension, plus a 125 ft safety-area side.
Load-bearing FATO
100 × 100 ft must be structural
No heliport precedent — typically the binding gate for rooftop and hospital pads.
Measured against FAA pad geometry and federal FATO sizing (EB-105). The obstruction screen is the only reading the engine verdict rests on; geometry and structural capacity are stated separately and never folded into it. A dimensional pre-screen — site-level validation required, and independent of the underwriting risk score.
NFPA 418 adoption status not yet assessed for this jurisdiction.
FAA facility data
FAA LID
CN28
AIX ID
aix:hp:ZVGDQ7G4
Lat / Lng
37.20088, -119.25293
Elevation
4960 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
65 × 65 ft
Surface type
ASPH
Activation date
1976/07
Last owner update
2022/03/02
FAA OEAAA airspace determinations1
Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2004-11-10
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2004-AWP-782-NRA2005-03-03
Heliport · 0 ft AGL — Establishment/activation of new heliport known as SCD Big Creek Helistop
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
60/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
The 65 ft pad is 35 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).
SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation4960 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordGround-level
Pad dimensions65 ft side (filed)65 ft side · measured
Coordinate integrityas filed⚠ location-suspect
Independent inspectionowner self-reportednone on record
✓Federal record
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✓Cross-checkedUSGS · Overture · dimensions
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3Physically verifiedGround Truth capture
Obstructions, exact FATO geometry, surface condition, and downwash exposure require a physical Ground Truth capture — not shown above as measured. A field verification completes the record and writes the measured truth to this facility’s authority.
This page is the public data-integrity record. The full RiskIndex assessment — Q1–Q5 compliance, dimensional / FATO analysis, an underwriting-grade risk score, peer benchmark, and a sealed Site Intelligence Report — is available on request.