Dougherty, California
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Livermore-Pleasanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94568. It lies near San Ramon Valley. The Survey maps it on the Dublin quadrangle. It stands 348 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1906 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 83 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
12 surveys from 31 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.
- 1906 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1941 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:24000, 10 printings
- 1961 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
198 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Dougherty between 1992 and 2020, burning about 840 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 | 131 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | DUBLIN |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | TASSAJARA |
| 28 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Dougherty: 8 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bezley Quarry | Silver | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Central Maintenance Heavy Equip Shp | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eliot Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| H.J. Kaiser Co. Radum Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| H.J. Kaiser Co. Radum Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Picard | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
9 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dougherty in 9 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 9 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2014 | Flood | Dougherty | $2,000 | Heavy rain produced flooding of the Interstate 580 onramp in Dublin. A car stalled in the flooded ramp. |
| February 2024 | Flood | Dougherty | $10 | The number 2 lane and half of the number 1 lane of the connector between southbound Interstate 680 and eastbound Interstate 580 was flooded. |
| February 2024 | Flood | Dougherty | - | Flooding blocked the number 2 lane of the connector from southbound Interstate 680 to westbound Interstate 580. |
| December 2024 | Flood | Dougherty | - | Connector between southbound Interstate 680 and eastbound Interstate 580 was flooded. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Dougherty | - | Roadway flooding 4999 Gleason Dr. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Dougherty | - | Roadway flooding at junction of SB 680 and 580 slow lane. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Dougherty | - | Roadway flooding I-580 S connector to I-680. Both lanes flooded on connector. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Dougherty | - | Roadway flooding and debris both lanes EB 580 to SB 680. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Dougherty | - | Four inches of water in right lane of SB 680 to EB 580. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Komandorski Village | 0.3 miles | 31 | |
| San Ramon Village | 1.3 miles | 31 | |
| Dublin | 1.5 miles | 31 | |
| Asco (historical) | 2.8 miles | 27 | |
| Pleasanton | 3.8 miles | 27 | |
| Radum (historical) | 3.9 miles | 27 | |
| Remillard (historical) | 4.0 miles | 27 | |
| Elliot (historical) | 4.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Dougherty | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5301099 | 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 1655979. 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.











