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Crown, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Petaluma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94954. It lies near Denman Flat. The Survey maps it on the Cotati quadrangle.

Crown within Sonoma County

Then and now

1916 to 1983

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Crown, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Crown, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

422 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 422 fires within 5 miles of Crown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,783 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined184
Equipment and vehicle use160
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning17
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Smoking10
Natural2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 101 / KASTANIA RD 6
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitD STREET
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitADOBE
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 1992Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitADOBE
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPETALUMA
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.4 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitADOBE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Crown: 6 producers, 4 past producers, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Petaluma Plant No. 7Stone, DimensionProducer
Hillside QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Petaluma QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hein Bros. Basalt Rock Co.StoneProducer
Meachim HillStoneProducer
Meachim HillStonePast Producer
Afsten Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bliss CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bliss CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pronini RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this place

7 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crown in 7 storm reports in 2019: 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2019FloodCrown-Roadway flooding at US-101 S and Petaluma Blvd off ramp.
February 2019FloodCrown-Flooding on off ramp of US-101 S and Petaluma Blvd N, 3 feet of water on off ramp.
February 2019FloodCrown-Foot of water over roadway for about 25 feet, Magnolia at Thompson.
February 2019FloodCrown-Roadway flooded intersection of Skillman Ln and Liberty Rd, road closed.
February 2019FloodCrown-CHP reporting roadway flooding at Magnolia Ave and Gossage Ave in Santa Rosa, over 1 ft of water in SB lane of Magnolia Ave.
February 2019Debris FlowCrown-Mud/dirt/rock covering southbound lane of Sonoma Mountain Rd about a quarter of the way up from Adobe Rd.
February 2019FloodCrown-CHP reports roadway flooding along Magnolia Rd between Horn Ave and Thompson Ln.

Every storm recorded in Sonoma County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Corona (historical)0.2 miles24
Ely (historical)1.0 miles24
Denman (historical)1.1 miles24
East Petaluma2.2 miles22
Penngrove2.3 miles24
Petaluma2.6 miles22
Liberty2.7 miles24
McNear3.5 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 221871. 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.