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Felice, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sonoma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95442. It lies near Nunns Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Kenwood quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Felice within Sonoma County

Then and now

1916 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Felice (historical), surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Felice (historical), surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

266 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Felice (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57,109 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 use101
Missing data/not specified/undetermined97
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony3

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
9 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCAVEDALE
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBRISTOL
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARNOLD
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHAWKS
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGHWAY 2
6 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARNOLD
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTRINITY
4 September 1998Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWINERY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Felice (historical): 14 producers, 13 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 occurrences. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite, Clay. 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
Sonoma Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Trinity QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Unnamed LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Valley of the MoonFlagstonePast Producer
La JoyaMercuryPast Producer1865
Lajoya MineMercuryProspect
Unnamed LocationAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectAluminumProspect
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomitePast Producer
Reltane DepositClayProspect

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
Beltaine (historical)0.6 miles23
Wildwood (historical)0.9 miles23
Kenwood1.7 miles23
Glen Ellen1.9 miles22
Waldrue Heights2.3 miles22
Lawndale2.9 miles23
Eldridge3.1 miles22
Los Guilicos3.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1701271. 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.