Agua Caliente, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sonoma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95476. It lies near Hooker Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sonoma quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1983The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1902 USGS Napa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Sonoma quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Sonoma quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Sonoma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Napa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
313 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Agua Caliente between 1992 and 2020, burning about 362 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined | 118 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 114 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 9 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CAVEDALE |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | ARNOLD |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SHERMAN |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GROVE |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BARCELONA |
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Agua Caliente: 18 past producers, 13 producers, 5 prospects, 3 unknowns. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reltane Deposit | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Trinity Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Valley of the Moon | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Valley of the Moon | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Perlite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Perlite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Felder | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
6 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Agua Caliente in 6 storm reports between 2017 and 2019: 4 flash flood, 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2019 | Flash Flood | Agua Caliente | - | Stream gauge Sonoma Creek at Agua Caliente was in flood stage. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Agua Caliente | - | Roadway flooding reported at Brookside Rd and W Agua Caliente Rd. |
| November 2018 | Flood | Agua Caliente | - | Roadway flooding reported at Sr12 and Mulford street, water flooding east side lane. |
| January 2017 | Flash Flood | Agua Caliente | - | Heavy rain resulted in flash flooding on both the Willow Brook at Penngrove and Sonoma Creek at Agua Caliente. The Sonoma Creek stream gauge at Agua Caliente rose above flood stage at 4:45 am on January 20 and remained above flood stage until 8 am that day. |
| January 2017 | Flash Flood | Agua Caliente | - | Heavy rain on January 22, 2017, resulted in flooding on the Sonoma Creek. The Sonoma Creek stream gauge at Agua Caliente rose above flood stage at 4:15 AM PST on January 22 and remained above flood stage until 8:30 AM PST. |
| February 2017 | Flash Flood | Agua Caliente | - | Sonoma Creek at Agua Caliente gauge above flood stage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fetters Hot Springs | 0.3 miles | 23 | |
| Boyes Hot Springs | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Madrone (historical) | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Sonoma Vista | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Yulupa (historical) | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Verano | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Mission Highlands | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| El Verano | 1.8 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 218015. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









