Castle Rock Springs, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Middletown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95461. It stands on Gunning Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whispering Pines quadrangle. It stands 2,349 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1945 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 53 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
11 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.
- 1945 USGS Lower Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lower Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Whispering Pines quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Whispering Pines quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Whispering Pines quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Castle Rock Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 90,662 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,525 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GEYSERS |
| 3 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GEYSER |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | RATTLESNAKE |
| 26 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | DURHAM |
| 26 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GASS |
| 26 September 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BELCHER |
| 22 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BEAVER |
| 21 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 500 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | PINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 124 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 124 workings within 5 miles of Castle Rock Springs: 42 occurrences, 34 unknowns, 30 past producers, 9 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Manganese, Chromium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Prince | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Kims Yard Ii | Clay | Producer | ||
| Black Ranch | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Copper Prince Mine | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Reynolds | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Henrys Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Middletown Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whispering Pines | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Forest Lake | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Harbin Springs Annex | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Harbin Springs | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Cobb | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Pine Grove | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hobergs | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Middletown | 5.5 miles | 19 |
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 Castle Rock Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5050278 | 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 1658235. 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.










