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Alderglen Springs, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cloverdale-Geyserville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95425. It lies near Redwood Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cloverdale quadrangle.

Alderglen Springs within Sonoma County

Then and now

1938 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alderglen Springs, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Alderglen Springs, surveyed 1938

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

227 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Alderglen Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,250 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/undetermined130
Equipment and vehicle use46
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Natural2
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLILE LN CLOVERDALE
9 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 101 N/ HWY 128
9 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitROCK
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSHEAR
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionKELLY
7 September 2013Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSKUNK
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitNACO FIRE
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCHERRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Alderglen Springs: 8 unknowns, 8 producers, 8 occurrences, 3 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite, Mercury. 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
Skaggs SpringsMercuryUnknown
Unnamed ProspectMercuryUnknown
Unnamed ProspectsMercuryOccurrence
Albertz Ranch DepositMagnesiteUnknown
Burgaus RanchMagnesiteOccurrence
CurmingsMagnesiteUnknown
Hixon Ranch Vassar RanchMagnesiteOccurrenceMagnesite
Melville RanchMagnesiteUnknown
Pattenburg Refractory Magnst. Mine.MagnesiteUnknown
Unnamed LocationMagnesiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sonoma 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
Preston1.9 miles19
Makahmo (historical)2.6 miles19
Cloverdale2.8 miles19
Asti6.5 miles22
Chianti9.0 miles23
Omus10.6 miles23
Cozzens Corner10.7 miles23
Black Oaks11.7 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q17299287The 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 252616. 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.