Barlow, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sebastopol census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95472. The Survey maps it on the Sebastopol quadrangle.
Then and now
1935 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Barlow
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.
Hicks Houselisted 1987 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1935 USGS Sebastopol quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Sebastopol quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sebastopol quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Sebastopol quadrangle1:62500
- 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
199 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Barlow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 | 70 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BARNETT |
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BODEGA |
| 6 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GRATON |
| 5 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GREEN #3 |
| 5 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BARNETT |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BARNETT |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | WHITEMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Barlow: 8 unknowns, 6 producers, 3 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, Chromium, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Rock Pit and Mill | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Canyon Rock Pit and Mill | Stone | Producer | ||
| Mark West Creek | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Garnet | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Baldrini Prospect | Chromium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barlow in 6 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 3 debris flow, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Flood | Barlow | - | Standing water was reported halfway across Occidental Road in two different spots between Mill Street and California Highway 116. |
| January 2019 | Flood | Barlow | - | The road is flooding near Purrington Creek. |
| February 2019 | Debris Flow | Barlow | - | Mud blocking west bound lanes of Cherry Ridge junction at Grandview. |
| February 2019 | Debris Flow | Barlow | - | CHP reporting mud, dirt, and/or rocks blocking one lane of traffic at Graton Rd and Green Hill Rd. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Barlow | - | Roadway flooding reported at Sexton Road and Bodega Highway. |
| January 2017 | Debris Flow | Barlow | - | Mud slide and rocks blocking part of Greenhill road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molino | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Hopyard (historical) | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Graton | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Mills | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hurlbut | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Sousa Corners | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Manzana | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Williams (historical) | 2.1 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252623. 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.









