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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.

Barlow within Sonoma County

Then and now

1935 to 1983

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Barlow, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Barlow, surveyed 1935

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

199 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined70
Equipment and vehicle use66
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony3
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
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBARNETT
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBODEGA
6 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGRATON
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGREEN #3
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBARNETT
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBARNETT
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWHITEMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue Rock Pit and MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Canyon Rock Pit and MillStoneProducer
Mark West CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationGarnetUnknown
Unnamed LocationCopperUnknown
Unnamed ProspectGoldOccurrence
Baldrini ProspectChromiumUnknown
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectMercuryUnknown
Unnamed ProspectMercuryOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this place

6 since 2017

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2024FloodBarlow-Standing water was reported halfway across Occidental Road in two different spots between Mill Street and California Highway 116.
January 2019FloodBarlow-The road is flooding near Purrington Creek.
February 2019Debris FlowBarlow-Mud blocking west bound lanes of Cherry Ridge junction at Grandview.
February 2019Debris FlowBarlow-CHP reporting mud, dirt, and/or rocks blocking one lane of traffic at Graton Rd and Green Hill Rd.
April 2018FloodBarlow-Roadway flooding reported at Sexton Road and Bodega Highway.
January 2017Debris FlowBarlow-Mud slide and rocks blocking part of Greenhill road.

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
Molino0.6 miles20
Hopyard (historical)0.6 miles20
Graton1.0 miles20
Mills1.1 miles20
Hurlbut1.4 miles20
Sousa Corners1.5 miles20
Manzana1.6 miles20
Williams (historical)2.1 miles20

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.