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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.

Aetna Springs within Napa County

Then and now

1942 to 1998

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Aetna Springs, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Aetna Springs, surveyed 1942

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

81 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use29
Debris and open burning10
Smoking5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBUTTS
27 September 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSNELL
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBUTTS
24 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitINK
24 September 2001Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictAETNA
21 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPOPE VALLEY
2 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitAETNA
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3777

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 77 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Palisade Mine GrigsbySilver, GoldProducer
Aetna SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Napa CopperCopperOccurrenceUnderground
Napa Copper ClaimCopperPast Producer
Unnamed LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Cavagnaro ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Cavagnaro ProspectManganeseOccurrence1917
Hastings ProspectManganeseOccurrence1918
LibertyManganeseOccurrence
Liberty ClaimManganeseOccurrence1918

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
Pope Valley3.9 miles21
Howell Mountain5.3 miles21
Angwin5.6 miles21
Veteran Heights6.0 miles21
Walter Springs6.6 miles20
Larkmead6.9 miles24
Bale7.0 miles24
Calistoga7.3 miles24

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 SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4688752The 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.