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Bailhache, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Healdsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95448. It stands on Foss Creek. The Survey maps it on the Healdsburg quadrangle.

Bailhache within Sonoma County

Then and now

1920 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bailhache, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Bailhache, surveyed 1920

On record in Bailhache

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

267 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of Bailhache between 1992 and 2020, burning about 354 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined128
Equipment and vehicle use79
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism16
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionALEXANDER VALLEY RD HEAL
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFELTA
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMILL
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unit101
5 September 2004Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPASSALAQUA
5 September 1993Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitACADEMY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Bailhache: 18 producers, 8 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 2 past producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone, 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
Inman Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Purviance RanchCalciumUnknown
Unnamed ProspectCopperUnknown
Unnamed ProspectTinOccurrence
DreamlandMercuryProducer
GuernevilleMercuryPast Producer
Mcpherson RanchChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence
Basalt Rock Co.StoneUnknown
Brooks QuarryStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this place

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bailhache in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 4 flood, 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2025FloodBailhache-US Highway 101 was reported flooded south of Healdsburg.
February 2019FloodBailhache-Flooding on the 101 off ramp at Healdsburg Ave.
February 2019FloodBailhache-US 101 N near Healdsburg Ave on ramp/off ramp flooded.
February 2019Debris FlowBailhache-CHP reporting mud in roadway at S Fitch Mountain Rd and Spring St with vehicles stuck in the mud.
January 2010FloodBailhache-Heavy rain caused flooding at the intersection of Old Redwood Highway and Eastside Road just north of Windsor. The intersection was impassible.

Every storm 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
Healdsburg0.9 miles22
Grant1.0 miles22
Camp Rose1.5 miles22
Del Rio Woods1.6 miles22
Chiquita2.4 miles22
Simi2.7 miles22
Lytton4.0 miles22
Windsor4.4 miles22

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 Q122548732The 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 1657973. 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.