Crolona Heights, California
36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the West Contra Costa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94525. It lies near Suribachi Hill. The Survey maps it on the Benicia quadrangle. It stands 89 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1896 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1896 against another survey:
On record in Crolona Heights
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Memorial Halllisted 2014 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 36 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.
- 1896 USGS Carquinez Strait quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Karquines quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Carquinez quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1901 USGS Karquines quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Napa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1940 USGS Carquinez Strait quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Carquinez quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Benicia quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Benicia quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Benicia quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Napa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
538 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 538 fires within 5 miles of Crolona Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,692 acres in total. None started naturally. 64 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 | 358 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 46 |
| Smoking | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| 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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | FOUR |
| 8 September 2005 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | PG&E ALHAMBRA |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Crolona Heights: 6 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Mercury, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcnears | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Main Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Port Costa Shale Quarrys | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Borges Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Borges Prospect | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Brownlie Prospect | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Franklin | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Lake Herman | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Mcnears | Stone | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crockett | 0.3 miles | 36 | |
| Valona | 0.4 miles | 36 | |
| Eckley | 0.8 miles | 36 | |
| Selby | 1.3 miles | 36 | |
| Tormey | 1.6 miles | 36 | |
| Oleum | 1.7 miles | 36 | |
| Port Costa | 2.0 miles | 36 | |
| Bayo Vista | 2.6 miles | 27 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q5187544 | 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 1701680. 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.















