Beltaine, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sonoma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95442. It lies near Nunns Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Kenwood quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1916 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1916 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kenwood quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
266 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Beltaine (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57,049 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 97 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 96 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CAVEDALE |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BRISTOL |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | ARNOLD |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HAWKS |
| 6 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | ARNOLD |
| 5 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | TRINITY |
| 4 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | WINERY |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | LONDON CDF TAC6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Beltaine (historical): 15 past producers, 14 producers, 7 prospects, 2 occurrences. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Diatomite, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon and Kenney Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Search Group | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Trinity Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Valley of the Moon | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| La Joya | Mercury | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Lajoya Mine | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Nuns Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felice (historical) | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Wildwood (historical) | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Glen Ellen | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Kenwood | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Waldrue Heights | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Eldridge | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Yulupa (historical) | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Lawndale | 3.4 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1701261. 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.









