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Dorr Place, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Russian River-Sonoma Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95448. It stands on Sulphur Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cazadero quadrangle.

Dorr Place within Sonoma County

Then and now

1921 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dorr Place, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Dorr Place, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Dorr Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 55,264 acres in total. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSTEWARTS
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKING /CDF TAC 6
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSTEWARTS
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictSTEWARTS POINT
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKING
19 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionKING
9 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSTEWARTS
9 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionOLD SKAGGS SPRINGS RD / S

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Dorr Place: 9 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Magnesite, Copper, Iridium, Palladium, Platinum, Rhodium, Ruthenium. 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
HealdsburgCalciumUnknown
LatonChromium, IronPast Producer1916
Laton MineChromium, Iridium, Palladium, Platinum, Rhodium, RutheniumPast Producer1915, 1916, 1944
Unnamed ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Gray ProspectCopperOccurrence
Gray ProspectCopperOccurrence
MadeiraMagnesiteUnknown
Meaker RanchMagnesiteUnknown
Red SideMagnesiteUnknown
Sonoma MagnesiteMagnesiteUnknown

Every working 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
Goat Rock3.1 miles18
Truth Home3.7 miles18
Las Lomas4.5 miles14
Venado4.6 miles18
Cazadero6.0 miles18
Toners Place7.7 miles18
Hale Place8.3 miles18
Monte Rosa8.7 miles18

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 Q122567510The 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 1655977. 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.