Calistoga, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Calistoga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94515. It lies near Kortum Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Calistoga quadrangle. 5,228 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 348 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1927 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1927 against another survey:
On record in Calistoga
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 12 records
Sam Brannan Cottagelisted 1983
Chateau Pacheteaulisted 2015
James H. Francis Houselisted 1979
Garnett Creek Bridge on CA 29listed 2005
Garnett Creek Bridge on Greenwood Avenuelisted 2005
Mount View Hotellisted 1982
Napa Valley Railroad Depotlisted 1977
Judge Augustus C. Palmer Houselisted 1979
Schramsberg Vineyardlisted 1998
Alfred L. Tubbs Winerylisted 2013- Larkmead Winerylisted 1982
- Monte Vista and Diamond Mountain Vineyardlisted 2013
Population over time
2 figuresCalistoga grew from 5,155 to 5,228 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 | 5,155 | |
| 2020 | 5,228 | +73 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1927 USGS Calistoga quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Calistoga quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Calistoga quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Calistoga quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Calistoga quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Calistoga quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Calistoga quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
209 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Calistoga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104,825 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 87 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SPRING |
| 7 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CLOVER |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | FRANZ |
| 6 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SPRING WHITE 2 |
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | TOOHEY |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | TOLL |
| 29 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BENTLEY |
| 27 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GLASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Calistoga: 8 occurrences, 6 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Clay, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calistoga | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Palisade Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Search Group | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Silverado-Palisade Deposit | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony, Zinc, Mercury | Past Producer | 1858 | |
| Calistoga | Silver, Gold | Producer | ||
| Palisade | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Mercury | Past Producer | ||
| Porter Creek Road | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Porter Creek Road | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Silver | Unknown | ||
| Mark West Shale Quarry | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calistoga in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 1 flood, 1 debris flow, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 1996 | Flood | Calistoga | 1 killed | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Debris Flow | Calistoga | - | Mud/rocks on Petrified Forest Rd/SR128. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Calistoga | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodleaf | 1.6 miles | 24 | |
| Larkmead | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| Bale | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Barro | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Sanitarium | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Deer Park | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Krug | 6.7 miles | 21 | |
| Howell Mountain | 6.8 miles | 21 |
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 Calistoga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q983598 | 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 277482. 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.












