Bloomfield, California
17 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 94952. The Survey maps it on the Two Rock quadrangle. 338 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 56 feet above sea level.
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.


Population over time
2 figuresBloomfield fell from 345 to 338 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 345 | |
| 2020 | 338 | -7 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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 quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Two Rock quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
150 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Bloomfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 346 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | HWY 1 JENNER |
| 8 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | VALLEY 2 |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BARNETT |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HWY, CDF TAC 6 4 |
| 7 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | 101 |
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GREEN MILL |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bloomfield: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Bloomfield Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Martinoni Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomfield in 5 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | Flood | Bloomfield | - | Flooding caused the closure of Valley Ford Road between Gericke Road and California Route 1. |
| February 2019 | Debris Flow | Bloomfield | - | Mud and rocks blocking NB lanes of Gericke Rd and Valley Ford Rd. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Bloomfield | - | Vehicle stuck in flood water, Bloomfield Rd and Valley Ford Rd. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Bloomfield | - | Roadway flooding at Valley Ford Road and Bloomfield Road. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Bloomfield | - | Car stuck in flooded area. Valley Ford Rd and Bloomfield Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowles Corner | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Valley Ford | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Turner | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Orchard | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Two Rock | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Hessel | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Roblar | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cadwell | 5.0 miles | 17 |
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 Bloomfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4928216 | 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 1658081. 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.









