El Rio Villa, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Winters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95694. The Survey maps it on the Winters quadrangle. It stands 121 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1907 to 1994The 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1907 USGS Woodland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Winters quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Woodland quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Winters quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Woodland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of El Rio Villa between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,007 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | LAMB |
| 29 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | 292 |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | PLEASANTS |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | EIGHTY-SEVEN |
| 22 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | COUNTY ROAD 88 / CASTLE |
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CANAL LN / PUTAH CREEK RD |
| 9 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 370 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | THIRTY ONE 2 |
| 5 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | 87 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of El Rio Villa: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Putah Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Valley Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winters | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Liwaito (historical) | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Norton | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Arroz | 6.1 miles | 23 | |
| Citrona | 7.0 miles | 22 | |
| Cottonwood | 8.6 miles | 22 | |
| Plainfield | 8.7 miles | 24 | |
| Jacobs Corner | 9.8 miles | 22 |
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 Q5352029 | 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 1658483. 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.









