El Verano, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sonoma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95476. It stands on Agua Caliente Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sonoma quadrangle. 3,867 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 108 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1902 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresEl Verano fell from 4,123 to 3,867 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,123 | |
| 2020 | 3,867 | -256 (-6%) |
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.
- 1902 USGS Napa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Sonoma quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Sonoma quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Sonoma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Napa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
316 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of El Verano between 1992 and 2020, burning about 489 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 125 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 122 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CAVEDALE |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | ARNOLD |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GROVE |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BARCELONA |
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of El Verano: 16 past producers, 10 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Diatomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage Gulch Quarry , Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Felder | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Felder | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Mt Pisgah Vineyard | Diatomite | Unknown | ||
| Cannon Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Cannon Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Felder | Stone | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names El Verano in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 debris flow, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Flood | El Verano | - | Roadway flooding was reported at Arnold Drive and Boyes Blvd. |
| February 2019 | Debris Flow | El Verano | - | Mud/dirt/rock completely blocking one lane along Grove St and White Alder. |
| January 2017 | Flash Flood | El Verano | - | Heavy rain resulted in flooding on the Sonoma Creek. The Sonoma Creek stream gauge at Agua Caliente rose above flood stage at 7:30 pm PST on January 18 and remained above flood stage until 10:30 pm PST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verano | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Boyes Hot Springs | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Sonoma Vista | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Fetters Hot Springs | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Sonoma | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Agua Caliente | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Temelec | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Four Corners | 2.2 miles | 23 |
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 El Verano | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1847895 | 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 277505. 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.









