Aetna Springs, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Calistoga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94567. It stands on James Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aetna Springs quadrangle. It stands 771 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1942 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 56 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1942 against another survey:
On record in Aetna Springs
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 1 record
Swartz Creek Bridge on Aetna Springs Roadlisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1942 USGS St. Helena quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS St. Helena quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aetna Springs quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS St. Helena quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Aetna Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Aetna Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,550 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BUTTS |
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SNELL |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BUTTS |
| 24 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | INK |
| 24 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | AETNA |
| 21 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | POPE VALLEY |
| 2 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | AETNA |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Northern California District | UNNAMED FIRE 3777 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 77 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 77 workings within 5 miles of Aetna Springs: 42 occurrences, 17 past producers, 8 prospects, 6 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Chromium, Manganese, Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palisade Mine Grigsby | Silver, Gold | Producer | ||
| Aetna Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Napa Copper | Copper | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Napa Copper Claim | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Cavagnaro Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Cavagnaro Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | 1917 | |
| Hastings Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | 1918 | |
| Liberty | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Liberty Claim | Manganese | Occurrence | 1918 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pope Valley | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Howell Mountain | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Angwin | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Veteran Heights | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Walter Springs | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Larkmead | 6.9 miles | 24 | |
| Bale | 7.0 miles | 24 | |
| Calistoga | 7.3 miles | 24 |
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 Aetna Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4688752 | The 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 1659686. 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.










