Capay, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Esparto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95627. It lies in Capay Valley. The Survey maps it on the Esparto quadrangle. It stands 210 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1972The 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.


Compare 1905 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1905 USGS Esparto quadrangle1:24000
- 1916 USGS Esparto quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 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 Esparto quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
Fires near this place
144 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Capay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,794 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CAPAY |
| 9 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | FORBES #1 |
| 9 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | FORBES #2 |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HWY 16 CAPAY |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | YOLO |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CAPAY #3 |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CAPAY #1 |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CAPAY #4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Capay: 4 producers, 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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 | Calcium | Occurrence | ||
| Cache Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Madison Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Madison Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rieff Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stenhens Sand & Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Villa Estates | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Esparto | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Cadenasso | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Madison | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Cottonwood | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Brooks | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Citrona | 6.5 miles | 22 | |
| Arroz | 7.3 miles | 23 |
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 Capay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2937212 | 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 220568. 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.












