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Cunningham, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sebastopol census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95472. It stands on Blucher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Two Rock quadrangle.

Cunningham within Sonoma County

Then and now

1935 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cunningham, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Cunningham, surveyed 1935

On record in Cunningham

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

228 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Cunningham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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/undetermined104
Equipment and vehicle use77
Smoking15
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
8 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitVALLEY 2
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unit101
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGREEN MILL
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRYSKA
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cunningham: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Mercury, Stone. 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
Stony Point Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Unnamed LocationQuartzProspect
Unnamed ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Bloomfield Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stony Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationGoldProducer
Unnamed LocationGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this place

6 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cunningham in 6 storm reports between 2018 and 2026: 6 flood. 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
January 2026FloodCunningham-The gage along Colgan Creek near Sebastopol reached Minor flooding with a peak stage of 75.5 ft.
January 2026FloodCunningham-The gage along Colgan Creek near Sebastopol reached Moderate flooding with a peak stage of 76.69 ft.
February 2024FloodCunningham-Roadway flooding was reported at eastbound California Highway 116 and Bloomfield Road.
December 2024FloodCunningham-The gauge on Colgan Creek near Sebastopol reported a moderate flood stage.
February 2019FloodCunningham-Roadway flooding at Llano Rd and Meadow Lane, roadway not passable.
March 2018FloodCunningham-Flooding reported near Todd Rd and Llano Rd.

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
Cadwell0.3 miles17
Hessel1.0 miles17
Fredericks1.2 miles17
Turner1.5 miles17
Orchard1.8 miles17
Alten2.0 miles20
Knowles Corner2.1 miles17
Woodworth2.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658359. 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.