Berryessa Highlands, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Lake Berryessa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94558. It lies near Steel Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lake Berryessa quadrangle.
Then and now
1924 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1924 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1924 USGS Capay quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Capay quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Capay quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lake Berryessa quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Lake Berryessa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Lake Berryessa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
185 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Berryessa Highlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22,702 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 17 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 | 71 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | CAPELL |
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BERRYESSA |
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | WRAGG |
| 6 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | CAPELL |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | TURTLE |
| 28 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CAPELL |
| 26 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.3 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | TURTLE |
| 26 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | OAK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Berryessa Highlands: 12 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite, Chromium, Asbestos, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napa Rock Soda Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Monticello Asbestos Mine | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Phoenix Kohler And | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Phoenix Kohler and Chase Asbestos Quarry | Asbestos | Occurrence | 1908 | |
| Unknown | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Unknown | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Unnamed Location | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Chromium | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Canyon Resort | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Spanish Flat Resort | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Spanish Flat | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Redbud Park (historical) | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Monticello (historical) | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Atlas | 6.7 miles | 25 | |
| Napa Soda Springs | 9.8 miles | 25 | |
| Caymus (historical) | 12.0 miles | 25 |
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 Berryessa Highlands | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14681597 | The 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 1657269. 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.











