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Asti, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Cloverdale-Geyserville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95425. It stands on Crocker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Asti quadrangle. It stands 282 feet above sea level.

Asti within Sonoma County

Then and now

1921 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Asti, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Asti, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

287 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Asti between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,241 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined155
Equipment and vehicle use59
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism20
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Firearms and explosives use2
Natural1

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
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitDUTCHER
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRIVER
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDUTCHER
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionKELLY
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCANYON
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 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Asti: 13 producers, 9 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 5 past producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Chromium, Manganese. 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
Barnes MineChromium, IronPast Producer1884
Black RanchCalciumUnknown
Healdsburg LodeCopperUnknown
Albertz Ranch DepositMagnesiteUnknown
Barnes MineChromiumPast Producer1880, 1884, 1918
BrushMagnesiteOccurrence
CurmingsMagnesiteUnknown
Melville RanchMagnesiteUnknown
O'Connell ProspectManganeseOccurrence
O'Connell ProspectManganeseProspect1942

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
Chianti2.4 miles23
Cloverdale3.8 miles19
Omus4.1 miles23
Makahmo (historical)4.3 miles19
Cozzens Corner4.4 miles23
Geyserville5.3 miles23
Preston5.5 miles19
Alderglen Springs6.5 miles19

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 AstiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1159246The 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 1657958. 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.